A look at the writing and poetry of William Joyce (Guillermo O'Joyce )
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Knowing Your Audience
Knowing Your Audience
I got this superb poem just a few hours ago from William in Guatemala and I have to say it shows all the sense of play, and at the same time the incredible steely understanding I associate with his work.
He says it emerged out of " A fiasco at coffee bar "
Enjoy.
Know Your Audience
That's what everyone
told me
when I confessed
I read a poem
about a dental assistant
mounting me
when I was wigged out
on novocane
to some bouncy girls
who were Born Again Christians.
I don't know
if my poem
made these trumpeters
for Jesus
hot
or they just shucked me
off
as one more sinner
in need
of reform.
What I do know
is that if I ever
took the time
to really know
my audience
I wouldn't write
at all.
I would cut through
all ambiguity
all prejudice
all interpretation
by buying an AK-47.
The history books would
mention
in footnotes
that poetry finally
found a way
to reach
the masses.
With the permission of William Joyce
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Love this one! Please let William know for me.
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