How does rot set in? Once set, is it eye-noticeable? Can you smell rot (or ripe) in a poem? Is this a verbal placeholder (like many poems) to discuss "fecund." Let me be clear, I'm not talking about rotten poetry.
One final question (for the moment): Is rot bacterial or viral in poetry?
The New Yorker wrote (somewhat recently) about "rotten" food -- a delicacy, a trend. I'm not buying; I'm not serving it as I pour myself a glass of wine and contemplate the 22 out of 26 days of rain the ground is enduring.
In the room where they hand out
ReplyDeletethe computers:
This is where it began!
That inflammation and consecration
best met by soft cloth, soothing
beer, cold sheets, warm baths,
booze, women, and evensong.
I just know as I touch the keys
I am touching all the others
and that is where it all begins,
that viral antedeluvian snicker
no beast can hail as friend.