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Writing for non-readers

by

simplify the concepts

lie about yourself 

reference recent events

use big pictures

 

film your lips

add poppin’ beats

remind them of the test

At the end of the week

 

shame them

text their mothers

Insist on dessert

kiss them in an intersection

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Ferris Ty Taylor

Mon 3rd May 2021 08:10

I do defend illiterate writers, but this is an excellent poem.

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