Because There Are Forces and Forces Beyond Our Control

Dear Internet friends, you may, perhaps, have noticed that I did not post a poem last night. I did not post a poem last night. I was, in fact, unable to post a poem last night, due to an Internet outage in the area which lasted through three incredibly confusing phone calls with my Internet service provider, the night, and most of the morning. Ah, Internet! My dearest friend! Without you, I was forced to actually work and be productive, rather than examining blogs, examining Facebook profiles, playing rounds of Scramble, and looking at various forms of fashion. How could you do such a thing to me? How?

Now, however, the Internet has returned to me. And to prove my fidelity to NaPoWriMo, I shall post today not once, but twice! Here is the first poem, written in the middle of a Rock Concert (sadly, there were no fabulously fashionable top hats or white feathered jackets, so I’m not even sure it could be terms a Rock Concert) in a bar. I’ve long been fascinated with closed captioning, and spent a good deal of time glancing back and forth from the television to the Rock Concert to the sorority girls who were sitting in a corner with tube tops and look of utter confusion on their faces when someone pulled out a banjo. Here is the result.

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