Quote of the Day

 

On ';...p'[[[[[[[[[[[[;';///////////////////3'

Upon returning to my desk
having left it temporarily in search of biscuits,
I discovered my cat had written a poem
on my laptop.

It was called ';...p'[[[[[[[[[[[[;';///////////////////3',

and constituted one of her more difficult pieces,

but it was the kind of poem 

which rewarded repeat reading.

I was struck by its experimental structure:

the absence of line breaks,

indeed, not one single space between any

of the poem's 10,000 or so characters.

One of the work's central motifs-

'jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk' -

was, by turns, unsettling and comforting,

while the symbolism of '################',

hinted at our 21st century preoccupation with social media.

And who could not be moved by that devastating final line,

its message of hope piercing the heart like an arrow:

'```````5555======================'.  ~ Brian Bilston