DEEP; A POEM
Part One In a Series of Instant Messenger Poetry



When life gives you a most random Instant Messenger conversation, you can simply turn those words into a free-form poem like I have done below. So, all your hours wasted on IM can culminate into something incredibly creative and truly poetic. Go ahead and try one of your own.

what should i do now?
not sure.
think about seeing Broken Flowers?
hmmmm....why?
to prepare yourself emotionally, i guess.
looks boring. another bill murray mid-life crisis film.
bill murray is fabulous. you no like?
no. me no like.
you no like? i would see him in almost anything
i like his schtick. whatever you want to call it. It's like an absurdists reaction to absurdity.
when faced with absurdity, he looks at it blankly
Uhhh...yawn?
gosh. rushmore? hello?
and royal tennenbaums and lost in translation.
does he not possess another facial expression?
royal tennenbaums mostly sucked
so do you! ZING
ouch.
sadness.
sadness and pain reverberating through my soul
sorry. i take it back.
it's ok.
life is pain.
i understand that now.
profound.
hmm...
you can write about your dog.
you know...your dog, the clone.
which dog? i don't have one. i don't have a clone, either. or for that matter, a clone dog.
oh
who did you think i was?
a korean dog cloner.
what it's like to have vertigo?
uncool.
yes.
very much so.
the best ideas are already taken.
sorry.
why did you say that?
that's just the way the world works.
deal with it.