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Published: 2009-04-11 03:23:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 249; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 6
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Description 'The ending's trite,
The rhyme's not right'
The critic writes
In half-lit light.

'But it'll do
I'm adding you
If you'll return the favor, too'.

And so the poet
Meekly replies
'Thanks for the add'
And then complies.

The painter paints
And prays for views
More heartwarming
Than old, cheap booze.

And somewhere a kid
(Probably thirteen)
Racks up DD's
For photos obscene.

From out of nowhere
A stalker reviews
And asks if you will watch him too
You visit his page
His deviations are few
But he says he'd like to meet up with you.

And then there's the girl
That uploads 10 times a day
And asks if you loved what she's displayed

But you haven't the time
To read through her rhymes
Or gaze at her sketch
(You need an art rest!)

And I sit there
And wonder why
No one's reviewed-
I think I might cry!

But we all come back
Day after day
We might as well have fun
Because we know Art doesn't pay!
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Comments: 18

BetweenTheEchoes [2009-04-12 22:03:57 +0000 UTC]

We may be trying to have fun, but at heart all of us here on dA are masochists.

"And so the poet
Meekly replies
'Thanks for the add'
And then complies."

Damn, I can feel the stabbing truth behind those words. It's ironic. As writers, we fight complacency, yet we comply to the accepted literary canon and poetic expectations like a holy book.

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tina-go-lightly In reply to BetweenTheEchoes [2009-04-12 22:06:59 +0000 UTC]

I think that we're all exhibitionists craving attentiona and approval....

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BetweenTheEchoes In reply to tina-go-lightly [2009-04-12 22:26:09 +0000 UTC]

Exactly. Craving things like attention and approval inevitably leads to let-downs and feelings of uselessness. Unless the good outweighs the bad (and it rarely ever does,) we come to accept and sometimes even crave those bad things because we become so used to them we think they are necessary in some way to our development as artists.

I like that word, "attentiona." It has more force behind it than the normal spelling of the word. I'm going to steal it.

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tina-go-lightly In reply to BetweenTheEchoes [2009-04-12 22:50:42 +0000 UTC]

I think it's also partially because artists by nature are more emotional. Consequently, we seek approval .

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BetweenTheEchoes In reply to tina-go-lightly [2009-04-12 22:56:13 +0000 UTC]

I approve of the approving of your approval that I approved of.

Wait. What?

On a side note, my doctoral thesis is going to be titled "Poetic Analysis of Loony Tunes." I think it will be a monumental step in literary analysis. Or it could just end up being stupid. One of those, at least.

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tina-go-lightly In reply to BetweenTheEchoes [2009-04-12 23:06:33 +0000 UTC]

Haha...Or you could write it sarcastically and have it hailed as a brilliant satire.

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pastelphoenix [2009-04-12 07:12:14 +0000 UTC]

what an expos`e!!! (don't have the right keys!) however cheap booze can do the trick if someone else buys!!

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EHB [2009-04-11 22:10:25 +0000 UTC]

Hehe this is very cute, funny and true, I love the rhyming sarcasm! Glad I stumbled across this. Thanks for writing!

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UltimateOutlaw [2009-04-11 20:37:50 +0000 UTC]

Uh oh. I'm totally that girl who uploads 10 times a day..... This is cute though, and spot on true lol

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tina-go-lightly In reply to UltimateOutlaw [2009-04-11 21:12:58 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but your stuff is actually good...

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UltimateOutlaw In reply to tina-go-lightly [2009-04-11 21:29:59 +0000 UTC]

hahahaha oh. well. in that case. Thanks glad i'm not lumped in with the bad

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AlastorOfAlbion [2009-04-11 14:34:40 +0000 UTC]

I really like the flow of this one. And it's sad but true.

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tina-go-lightly In reply to AlastorOfAlbion [2009-04-11 16:12:41 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you .

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CheckeredFuture [2009-04-11 08:00:21 +0000 UTC]

The truth hurts so good.

Loved the part about the 13 yr. old getting all the DD's with his obscene photos.

Very fun!

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tina-go-lightly In reply to CheckeredFuture [2009-04-11 16:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you!!
And a lot of the DD's really do involve nudity...

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CheckeredFuture In reply to tina-go-lightly [2009-04-11 17:38:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, they do. Sometimes the nudity is done well, but other times it's about shock value.

I can't handle the fetish stuff. I'm a prude, I admit it!

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TheseKrimzonFlames [2009-04-11 04:10:10 +0000 UTC]

So very sadly true.

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tina-go-lightly In reply to TheseKrimzonFlames [2009-04-11 16:16:41 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I know...
Oh well.

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