Written for my “Fiction and Poetry” course this semester.
This poem is intended to be consumed twice. Once as a video, and once read on the page.
Here is the video:
Here is a link to a PDF of the poem which is better than reading it on this website.
Thanks For Your Time
by Arcade Link
I am disappointed in everyone.
Present company excluded,
of course.
I turn the page after 4 lines and I pause to think
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28 aol upys i tla pb tf mpyza zltlzaly
29 blympuoalyph
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19 lsfzl zalwohbpl
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32 zwlbjly
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30 jviz
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32 kvsxhyhth
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17 aol mpyza khf vm uyhkl adlscl
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to think about what comes next
and you think perhaps its for dramatic effect
but no
there’s six whole ass stanzas here that makes no sense
and I can’t bare to look at them
33 lines that
that I can’t read
I don’t
I don’t remember what they were supposed to say
except for when the disordered letters come back at night
and the words creep in to place
then skitter away in the mourning
beyond the haze of conscious thought
sometimes theyll come out of nowhere
and stop me dead in my rolling spinning office chair
and id love to say that talking to someone
or writing
has helped
so i do
i say it
but im not sure its true
still i keep trying
and i appreciate the
the
17 aol mpyza khf vm uyhkl adlscl
Hey Prof,
I’d really appreciate an extension on the assignment that’s due tomorrow.
I’m sorry about this. I’m not feeling very good, and I’m struggling to get the work done.
I’m just hoping this will pass quickly.
Thanks for your time,
-Cade