dimanche 28 juin 2009

Electronic Company

4 am, lonely prone
Read. Type. Click.
I don't want to sleep alone.

"New message" shown.
Spam. Hype. Ick.
4 am, lonely prone.

Up, down phone.
Texting, texting, buttons stick--
I don't want to sleep alone.

Neighbor, Neighbor. are you home?
Toss. Turn. Kick.
4 am and lonely prone.

Lonley, lonely dial tone
Facebook status shtick.
I don't want to sleep alone.

Complain. Refrain. Moan.
Clock. Tock. Tick.
4 am--lonely prone--
I don't want to sleep alone.

2 commentaires:

Anonyme a dit…

A villanelle! Nice tick-tock rhythm.

Fix the spelling of lonely in the fifth stanza.

"Lonesome prick. Lonely chick" not so subtle.

I like the other middle lines though, the single words work very well.

drew a dit…

fuck yeah! publicity!