{"id":32756,"date":"2019-01-03T08:36:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T13:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=32756"},"modified":"2019-01-07T13:56:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T18:56:01","slug":"infected-by-light-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/01\/infected-by-light-verse.html","title":{"rendered":"Infected by Light Verse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A rational deformation that should have been left in the drawer to ferment into something deranged as well as deformed, this is instead a po\u00e8me d’occasion. As Ikky\u016b once said, “Ask nothing from words on a page.” <\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Drawing
Drawing by Malcolm Ritchie [2018] Click to enlarge.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A TIDING OF MAGPIES<\/font><\/b><\/em><\/div>\n\n\n\n
 <\/div>\n\n\n\n
My typically slothful thoughts
have simmered on the back burner
for so long they\u2019re overcooked.
I should have undercooked them
sooner with <\/span>gracious and, yes, <\/b><\/div>\n\n\n\n
infectious spice of chitchat. <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Yours showed up in my mailbox,
some days ago I think it was,
which makes me feel an ingrate
for not sending back congratulations
or greetings\u2014a regular malfeasoner.
Now, all breastbeat & handwrung,
uncongratulating & ungreeting,<\/b><\/div>\n\n\n\n
I ask<\/b> <\/b>what-ho from the rialto. <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n–JH<\/b><\/em>\n\n\n\n

 <\/span>
To Malcolm Ritchie (cannibalized from an email).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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