<u>THE WORLD POETRY FEDERATION ANNOUNCES:</u>
WHEN I MEET UP WITH JOLLY ROGER SLATER
IN THE EAST COAST SONNET DEATH MATCH HERE
AT THIS ERATOSPHERE, AN ALLIGATOR
COULD TAKE LESSONS FROM THE WAY THAT I SEVERE-
LY TEAR APART HIS STANZAS, RIP THE HEART,
STILL BEATING, FROM THE OCTAVE – THEN I’LL NAIL
(JUST LIKE IN JAIL) THE SESTET, AND I’LL START
TO NIT-PICK AT THE COUPLETS WORD BY PALE
AND LIFELESS WORD: I NEED REVENGE, YOU SEE -
GET EVEN FOR LAST MONTH, WHEN I WAS KING
OF THE SESTINA AND HE CAME AFTER ME
AND HIT ME WITH A SIX-PACK IN THE RING.
SO GET SET FOR BLOODSHED, SEX AND SONNET
(BUT I WOULDN’T BET MY BOTTOM DOLLAR ON IT).
[This message has been edited by Michael Cantor (edited May 05, 2002).]
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