Weber Liu/Poetry

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[edit] A Little Bird

A little bird flew by my way

I asked it how it was today

It chirped and cocked its head to say --

Nothing -- before it flew away.

[edit] A Discourse on Poetry:

A nuanced reading of the text--

So hard to do correctly!

The stresses seen in poem's context

Must not be read directly.

Although caesuras be abound

You must not try to read around

The poem's hidden meaning which

Is bound to be something profound

Or hidden in some blasted niche

Where it waits to be found.

[edit] Special Advert!

But wait, there's more for you in store

Don't hesitate-- call now before

Our limited supplies run out

And then you'll have to do without

This wonderful product which is

So exquisite! Or so he says

That sleazy salesman on the tube

He lives nearby the Blue Danube

Which is a far cry from where he claims

To live. Why Princeton has no other names

Than what its founders laid to fame.

[edit] A Rash of Similes

Sly as a fox

Dumb as a dog

Fast as a cheetah

And slow as a log

Quick like a snake,

Ready to strike

Sluggish as a slug,

And snails alike.

Small like a mouse

Big like a house

Tiny like a louse

Who annoys your spouse

White like a rabbit

Black like a leech

Tan like the sand

You find on the beach

Comforting like a blanket

Irritating like a rash

And annoying like the person

Who's writing this trash.

[edit] I HATE YOU ALL

Scribbled on last night's math homework

Lying on the floor

Among scattered papers

The letters trembling

As he wrote his last message

To the world

The only sound now

Shoes knocking gently against the wall tiles

Swinging gently with the wind

Limp like a dead rat

Arms locked tightly against his sides

Like a deadbolt

Face purple as a grape

Teeth clenched

And yet relaxed

Eyes rolled back into the skull

And tongue lolling out

Bleeding, chopped in half

Where the teeth came down

When he jumped

Out the window

Rope now tightly wound around his throat

And blood

Dripping softly

Onto the dark, green grass

Staining it

Brick red

And all is quiet

[edit] Laughable Limericks

There was a young boy from Caliefe

Who killed all his friends with a knife.

He bid them farewell

And said, "Go to hell!"

But by accident took his own life.

There was a young man of Strife

Who would kill rabid mice with a knife.

But he mistook his spouse

For a lunatic mouse

And so now he is missing a wife.