Li/able (a short poem I wrote on 1 July 1993)


Li/able
[pronounced Lie Bull]


You
        label
                me?
You
        libel
                me.

 
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  • 3/24/2009 7:25 PM chris wrote:
    Interesting poem.. very short.. But it's made me stop and sit here thinking for several minutes...
    I like the title.. but wonder if actually using the "Lie Bull"...for the title might not be better... because I like that. It's very definitive and has punch to it.. But you always write things the way you do for a reason.. so I know that.

    This looks like something that was written early on while you were in prison. I haven't been able to go look any where on your blog for a date,, but seems to be before you went to Marion..
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    1. 3/24/2009 7:35 PM Jesus Crisis wrote:
      Thanks, Chris!  I was free on bond when I wrote this.  "Li/able" alludes to "Lie Bull" while adding an allusive dimension the latter lacks: "Li/able" as a contraction of "lie able."  The horrid lie someone was able to tell meant I was liable to end up in prison a few months after I wrote it.
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      1. 3/24/2009 9:05 PM Comments from Facebook wrote:

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          John Burroughs at 10:03pm March 24
        Thanks, Ron, Dianne and Charles!

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  • 3/24/2009 11:07 PM susan renee wrote:
    I love when so little can say so much!!!
    excellent!
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    1. 3/25/2009 7:26 AM Jesus Crisis wrote:
      Thank you, Susan!
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  • 3/26/2009 10:17 AM smith wrote:
    my psychological lapels on my suit of me are far too wide and varied to be labeled by others not me.
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