Friday, August 13, 2010

Scientific Capture Methods

I. The Inundation Principle

An apple a day
means you think of apples
at least daily.
A letter a day
and I've stolen
a few more minutes of your life.
Like a torrential downpour
sooner or later, I hope,
it may soak in.

II. Logic A La R.D. Laing

I am a perfectionist.
I seek to touch perfection.
I've touched you.
You are not perfection.
Therefore, I have not touched perfection.
But I have touched you.
And I like that.


- first published in February 1980 in the Amaranthus

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