{"id":2289,"date":"2019-08-08T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2019-08-08T16:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:03:52","slug":"4-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2019\/08\/08\/4-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/3\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"

i keep writing
\nthese poems
\nin 4\/3\/4<\/p>\n

i don’t know why
\nbut my brain
\njust will not stop<\/p>\n

configuring
\nall my thoughts
\ninto this form<\/p>\n

tiny little
\nfaux haiku
\ndrifting away<\/p>\n

a cloud of thought
\nbarely formed
\na ghost of words<\/p>\n

miniaturised
\ngroups of sounds
\nshorn of meaning<\/p>\n

so anyway
\nhere they are
\nyou have been warned<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

no one loves me
\neven though
\ni think they should<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

i cannot breathe
\nwith your hand
\nupon my heart<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#3: (a dream)<\/strong><\/p>\n

the octopus
\ngrips my arm
\nlike a lost child<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#4: echo<\/strong><\/p>\n

a delicate
\ndust shadow
\nrevelation<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#5: autobiography #1<\/strong><\/p>\n

i spent a pound
\non some sweets
\nand ate them all<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#6: unanswered question<\/strong><\/p>\n

what difference
\nwould it make
\nif i smiled<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#7: remembrance of shaves gone by<\/strong><\/p>\n

i keep looking
\nat the blood
\ntrickling away<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#8: self realisation<\/strong><\/p>\n

what is the point
\nof all this
\nwith no-one here<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#9: autobiography #2<\/strong><\/p>\n

watched the football
\nit was shit
\nyet i’ll watch more<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#10: lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n

this glass of milk
\nhas a fly
\ndying in it<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#11:<\/strong><\/p>\n

i don’t feel well
\nanymore
\nand nor do you<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

12: yes<\/strong><\/p>\n

i am having
\na breakdown
\nin poetry<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#13: autobiography #3<\/strong><\/p>\n

it was busy
\nin the park
\ni ate some chips<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#14: it is happening again<\/strong><\/p>\n

its so windy
\nall the bins
\nblew down the road<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#15:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

his twitter posts
\ncame and went
\nand went and went<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#16: email<\/strong><\/p>\n

it’s possible
\ni missed it
\nnot ignored it<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#17: book #1<\/strong><\/p>\n

the book was good
\ni liked it
\ni read some more<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#18: book #2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thus Were Their Faces
\nwas the book
\ni was reading<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#19: book #3<\/strong><\/p>\n

its title
\ndid not quite fit
\nbreaking all the rules<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#20: autobiography #4<\/strong><\/p>\n

covered in ink
\nfrom leaking
\ncheap broken pens<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#21: <\/strong><\/p>\n

I was offered
\nkind advice
\nFrightened, I ran<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#22:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

sometimes i try
\nto escape
\nthe bounds of space<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#23: autobiography #5<\/strong><\/p>\n

my headphones fell
\non the floor
\nthey were alright<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#24:<\/strong><\/p>\n

wasting my time
\nas if it
\nmeans anything<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#25: autobiography #6<\/strong><\/p>\n

the plastic bags
\njellyfished
\nacross the park<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

#26: FIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

if i could die
\nit would be
\nquite the relief<\/p>\n

___________<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

1. Written between 6th and 8th August, 2019<\/em>
\n2. It’s okay I’ve stopped now<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br>

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i keep writing these poems in 4\/3\/4 i don’t know why but my brain just will not stop configuring all my thoughts into this form tiny little faux haiku drifting away a cloud of thought barely formed a ghost of words miniaturised groups of sounds shorn of meaning so anyway here they are you have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[721,119,191],"class_list":["post-2289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ephemera","tag-4-3-4","tag-ephemera","tag-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}