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Sensory Intensity

by Janey Colbourne

https://youtu.be/t-HcWsx4Iqc

Sensory Intensity

 

LED lights getting brighter. God

my eyeballs hurt.

Dyson dryers far too loud.

How fast do you need

to dry your hands? Slow down. 

It seems like all the world wants more.

And wants it now.

More power. Turn it up. Make it

Faster

Louder 

Brighter

Stronger

Till we drown.

We’re not hardwired for this

har...

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concrete poetry   visual poetry   Spoken Word poetry   performance poetry

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