1-800-Gimcrack

A poem about useless items.

What does the GIMCRACK make you feel?

Does it make you feel less?

More ostentatious?

Less displayed?

Are your senses played upon

by a blinding collage of

mediocre concession stands?

Does strip-mall jewelery

whisper "GIMCRACK" through the optic terror

of florescent lights?

Does it titillate within you

to differentiate between a diamond and cheap plastic?

Does it not remind you of stale air being whisked past

your nostril hair like halitosis out a leper's mouth?

The GIMCRACK.....

Think of it, for a brief moment, as a

life-threatening malady, a pestilence.

Human beings wear it like a bubo

on the most DESIRABLE parts of their bodies.

Some hang them as ornaments on their Christmas trees (Santa Saves),

never to comprehend WHY their children have grown inept-

With broken bulbs dispersing throughout their ligaments,

Their minds, their words:

Comely shards etching hieroglyphics

that portend inside the walls of their anatomy.

The GIMCRACK...

Does it bear the nuance of iniquity?

To you?

Your fore-bearers?

Your Ancestors?

Does it signify beauty?

Or, is it a swamp that seeps up the stilts

into your home....

and seeps in...

and seeps in...

and comes in

"Come in."

You allow them.

You allow IT.

Did the woman on television tell you to....

CALL NOW?

Do 1-800 numbers give birth to several million

cavalcades in your head, a procession that echoes:

CALL NOW...

Call Now...

Call Now...

Can you hear it as if it were a haunting comradery?-

a ghost-like recollection of a helping hand,

a kiss, a love, a breath?

Would you prefer the GIMCRACK

to replace all mortal beings?

A breakdown in communication-

Incommunicado?

Do you suffer this?

Do tasteless flotation devices allow you

to float gaudily rather than swim charismatically?

Do you prefer to be a charlatan?

THE GIMCRACK WILL ASSIST YOU!!!!

The people responsible for the manufacturing

of GIMCRACKS; do they have GIMCRACKS

as well?

Do you believe they enjoy wasting their lives,

many hours devoted to the sole production of gewgaws 

to compliment your luxury?

Have you thought about it?

Or

Is there a circumambient voice in your space that

ejaculates full-blast,

clogging your ears,

your passage through the frontal lobe,

acting as a soporific that becomes

the autocrat of your dreams?

Is it calling you?

Does it tell you everything will be okay?

"EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY."

Is it your own personal bellwether?

Does it drive you?

Inform you?

Scintillate?

CALL NOW.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Abdul Aziz]

This is seriously, one really cool poem! The disorderly arrangement of the font type and size gave this a really weird look. As weird as the adverts that announce their use, or indeed, the lack thereof.
The poem is extremely verbose, as is demanded of the subject. You've used words according to your desire here, moulding them in ways which make them seem almost irritating, but highly original! And personally, it doesn't hurt that you use a lot of medical terms. I found that very interesting xD
It is really quite clear that you have quite a bit of fun parodying these adverts we see for obviously useless products!
I've been searching for some lines to quote from this write, but I can't seem to find any because they're all so damn good!
Full marks for creativity, and full marks for use of English here. Hell, I'll rate this 100!

[Brown Bull]

We don't get out much on the farm, so I had to look up the word Gimcrack on the Farmer's computer in the barn. You mean the stuff that they used to buy Manhattan from the natives. I prefer to collect thoughts of butterfiles and bumblebees and watch little children as they stand on the white railings of my meadow. Nice poem though!

ps: please don't let the Farmer know that I know how to use the computer.

BB

[Lady Celery]

Okay, that was really cool. Firstly, I thought the letters changing sizes and colors was awesome. And exciting. I haven't seen anybody do that before... I'll give you an A+ for originality, too. That was really cool! It made a lot of sense with today's issues (if that makes any sense... I think it made more sense inside my head). I didn't see any grammatical problems, so you're good to go there!

Anyway, that was visually exciting and really fun to read. Good job!

[Wolfwind Words]

Wow! I loved this! It's like the flow of my mind on an average day! lol
The constant change up in font size and placement of words, interspersed with the pictures made for a wonderful mental joyride!

Much Enjoyed!
Wolfie