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Glenn Ingersoll - San Francisco, California

Villanelle for lisa j

I wanna be a writer, but just scribble, mostly.
I will never name a character Gregorious, I promise. I threw ten journals in the dumpster, all poetry.

You wanna look inside my head? Ha! Not me.
But I'd pay the fare to ride you like a bus.
I wanna be a writer, but just scribble, mostly.

You gotta know how mean I am, consumed with jealousy? I filled pages all about you, every accusation just. I threw ten journals in the dumpster, all poetry.

But that's fine. You're fine as you (as I know I'd
be).
In a story I had to read for class I hated Gregorious.

I wanna be a writer, but just scribble, mostly.

Oh well. I don't get it either. Does anybody?
Raelynn loved Gregorious; she thought him (gulp) glorious.
I threw ten journals in the dumpster, all poetry.

Perhaps Gregorious for Raelynn was gorgeousness and glory.
But I thought he was dumb. I won't (anymore) talk about us.
I wanna be a writer, but just scribble, mostly.
I threw ten journals in the dumpster, all poetry.

Copyright (c) 2002, Glenn Ingersoll

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