i do not exist
i do not exist
i do not exist
(and neither does I
i have a mouth
and i must scream
i have a mouth
and i must scream
i have a mouth
and i must scream
and i must scream
and i must be silent
(I does not exist
and neither does i
i am an epigrammatic multitude
a lexical confrontation of write and wrong
i am your quilted apology
your excuse for incompetence
and always always a multitude
a low multitude
a high multitude
a terrible multitude
of self contradiction
and pain
the mind mouths
what the eye sees
but how can the eye see
if the i does not exist
(and neither does I
time flies
flesh wastes
paper stops and flies
sex on the mind
hemingwayan nothingness
on the face
why?
how does the one learn
nothingness
the one becomes
nothingness
so there is nothing
left to teach or learn
hello sir
do you still exist
hello sir
do you still exist
hello sir
do you still exist
the words are me nin less
he s lla les ar mean n less
t pun tua ion s meanin l s
p op e re m gl
p tr m i e
hel o si
o u ti e ist
ell
h o
l
If I had a cock
It would rule the world
It would erect buildings
And produce monuments
To be worshipped
And you would kneel
Bow down and sing
If I had a cock
It would win
It would surge into battle
Invade, divide and conquer
And lead the troops to victory
And you would fall before him
enslaved
If I had a cock
It would sing
And trumpet itself
In the band of cocks
It would wave and conduct
And orchestrate the world
It's good, but there's something off about it. First of all, the capitalisation of every line doesn't really work for me. Secondly, consider this: your first and second stanzas are both seven lines each, and the last one is six lines long. Now, I understand that this could be an inadvertent, subconscious A A' B pattern, but there are greater forces at work here.
Are the last two lines of the first two stanzas necessary? I believe they are not. For example, "Bow down and sing" and "Enslaved" are segues into completely new ideas. Changing the former to "And you would kneel before it" and the latter to "And you would fall before him" would not only create a nice parallelism, but also leave some room for some subtlety.
As for the last stanza, I would change "And orchestrate the world" to "And rule the world."
