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Thu 09/05/02 at 18:59
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I went to a poetry 'slam' night at a bar the other evening. Never have I heard such nonsense... but it did make me laugh. So here's an artyfarty claptrap poem of mine for your amusement (or not). Please read in an appropriately airy, slow pretentious poet-like fashion.

GAMES

Power on...... buzz
Disc in...... click,
buzz, click, buzz, click...... click
GAMES, sometimes the same? never plain...
...click...
two hundred points
what IS the point
Point at the screen......click
thumbs blister
bums fester
take a rest....ah....click
buzz...click....click...click
continue, continue, take a credit
credits 3, dead in 2
click
click
Yoshi, Shenmue, Monkeys
always monkeys
click
monkeys again, more monkeys
click
special move, smooth, lewd, shrewd...
crude? oil, slick, thick
Metal Gear
fear
fear zombies just round the corner, near, hear
click
Part two, you've never got this far,
memory card... sleep...
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo...
click... click... click,
buzzzzz
high score table, fibre optic cable
Auntie Mabel...
click
Game Over, stopped............click.

click


buzz
 
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Thu 09/05/02 at 18:59
illzen
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Posts: 409
I went to a poetry 'slam' night at a bar the other evening. Never have I heard such nonsense... but it did make me laugh. So here's an artyfarty claptrap poem of mine for your amusement (or not). Please read in an appropriately airy, slow pretentious poet-like fashion.

GAMES

Power on...... buzz
Disc in...... click,
buzz, click, buzz, click...... click
GAMES, sometimes the same? never plain...
...click...
two hundred points
what IS the point
Point at the screen......click
thumbs blister
bums fester
take a rest....ah....click
buzz...click....click...click
continue, continue, take a credit
credits 3, dead in 2
click
click
Yoshi, Shenmue, Monkeys
always monkeys
click
monkeys again, more monkeys
click
special move, smooth, lewd, shrewd...
crude? oil, slick, thick
Metal Gear
fear
fear zombies just round the corner, near, hear
click
Part two, you've never got this far,
memory card... sleep...
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo...
click... click... click,
buzzzzz
high score table, fibre optic cable
Auntie Mabel...
click
Game Over, stopped............click.

click


buzz
 
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Thu 09/05/02 at 20:47
Edgy
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Posts: 15,681
um...please don't do that again...

reads this topic,
what is the topic
the topic is chocolate
the topic is nutty
what is a nut?
 
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Fri 10/05/02 at 00:25
illzen
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Posts: 409
Edgy wrote:
> um...please don't do that again...

I will y'know, I'll do it again... and again... and again, until I make you cry.
 
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Fri 10/05/02 at 00:54
illzen
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"95% organic"
Posts: 409
on the topic of nuts
some people write books
about Zelda
pot
kettle
black
nuts

click
 
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Tue 14/05/02 at 21:02
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buzz
 
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