Saturday 14 January 2012

Poetry Interview with the Postal Person

GP: Hello!
PP: Parcel for... um... GmorningPoetry?
GP: That's us. Yes.
PP: Do you have ID?
GP: You said "parcel." We haven't heard that term in a while.
PP: Parcel. Here it is.
GP: A book of poetry, probably.
PP: You said "poetry." I haven't heard that term in a while.
GP: Ha.
PP: Hee.
GP: Hoo.
PP: Heehoo. And so on.
GP: What is your definition of poetry?
PP: What is your definition of parcel?
GP: Ah--"a little bit more than gift--usually in a box."
PP: Ditto.
GP: "Ditto" meaning "Poetry equals a little bit more than gift--usually in a box"?
PP: Yes.
GP: What is your definition of the poet?
PP: Chus Pato says that "the poet is he or she whose muse has been integrally destroyed."
GP:
PP:
GP: We are just staring at each other.
PP: [Peering through the mail slot] How many of there are you?
GP: GMorning.
PP: Gafternoon.

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