DIRTY WASHING ONLINE
I've got quite a collection of regular likers,
my pockets are full of bad dreams,
some of them mucky from dust therein,
but all highly flavoured if you know what I mean?
Bodily fluids, orifices,
always good for the mind to dwell on;
best out in the open is what I say;
if you write with hatred that's A OK.
Never mind the shit that keeps flowing,
it's just another way of showing
a fixation on things that really matter
and then having a wonderful online natter.
A fabulous thing is poetry,
a way to be clever with words,
I don't worry too much about editing
as it's hard to polish turds.
raypool
Sat 20th Jan 2018 20:59
Thanks all for your comments. I think this poem pretends to be in favour of a certain attitude but is not at all that. I hope that came across.
Suki, as soon as I read about Pam Ayres I agreed with the idea (not my own). Her stuff is gritty, witty and just rolls along, with no malice!
David, tongue in cheek you devil. I have no defence. Actually, a really bad poem, like Les Dawson's piano playing is rather difficult to do well.
Hear hear Mark. Well put and covers most of the evidence. The beauty is all in the interpretation.
Hannah, i'm very glad indeed that you liked this one, as I know your thinking is so sound.
Thanks also Kevin, David and Pat; it means a lot.
Love to all youse. Ray