Friday, December 15, 2023

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


3 comments:

  1. Which meant, in cat language, "I am the night, fear me". Also "I am irresistably cute and you will feed me now".

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  2. "...you will feed me now" and again in about an hour.

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  3. Lovely poem of all your faults and cuddles you forgot....

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