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Muses Aren't Always Beautiful by Ted Sheridan

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Muses Aren't Always Beautiful
 
  She used to make him smile brightly
but now she leaves him bleeding profusely from the pen__

Clichéd verbiage
with an
over use of adjectives
and grossly
understated points
nothing notable
contained therein
nothing retained
just more linguistic crap
to digest
taste
like bread without butter
cereal without the milk
just empty words on a page
all leaves one still hungry
constipated and flatulent
nothing ventured
nothing gained

'In order to be the best
at what you do
you have to suffer
to be paid.'
said the whore to her slave___

'Believe me,
I have tried so
HARD
to write what I know about and feel
but you're all used up
and so very worn out
I'm no longer inspired by your touch
and as of late
I think you have given me some
destructive social disease
Because with everything I write
comes another case of the clap
And the drinking that I do
and the medicine I must take
doesn't seem to stop the seepage
which drains
from my once articulate head and brain
It's just more of the same.......
Clichéd verbiage
with an over use of adjectives
and grossly understated points
nothing notable contained therein
with nothing to be retained
just more linguistic crap
leaving me limp and impotent.'

'I think it is time for me to trade you in
I have suffered enough
from your old and worn out orifices
Yes it is time my old whore
for a much younger and less angry
a more edifying muse.'
___said the Poet to his abated Laureate

The whore counted her money carefully
for the famous poet Bukowski had been known to stiff her.......

Copyright ©2007 Ted G. Sheridan'

Ted Sheridan


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Alison Cassidy (8/19/2007 4:07:00 AM)
Ted, this is amazing! A wonderful parody of a poet admired and loathed in equal measure. But regardless, your work stands on its own beligerent feet with flair and bite. I am impressed. love, Allie xxxx
Lucianne Fasolo (8/18/2007 8:30:00 AM)
Very funny, I liked this very much, Ted.

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