There is something alluring about texts written illegibly, especially when those words are in such a serious "print" format, like poetry. It is like a puzzle, albeit a puzzle that has as many solutions as people who read it. Some works of literature are fantasic because they have no meaning that is universal, and instead offer only questions to the reader, who must accept the questions and try to find answers. In a work this abstract, it might be said the questions are infinite, leading to an even great number of answers, both of which are based solely on the interpretation of the reader.
The words in the poem border on inappropriate, but the reader must ask himself if the words are inappropriate, or if the reader just chooses to interpret them in this way. It takes a dirty mind to see the dirty--is that how the saying goes? Several times I would see something, only to stop myself, backtrack, and realize that what I saw was a word different, but subtly so. One page, 48, has words that form a shape like fluid trickling down the page, and the words formed within the letters could be interpreted as "gagging," "disgorging," "puke," "suck," "excrement," and "sack." Or, is it something else entirely? If so, I should probably get some help.
The meaning may not be immediate, and we may not be the ones to understand it, but there is meaning there. Perhaps the meaning is nothing more than making the reader consider for a moment that there is no meaning. Or maybe it is a commentary on our own understanding: we must find an interpretation or we're left unhappy with our ignorance. Whatever it is, I found this an interesting piece to read.
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