Polyambiguity

No punctuation to add to the confusion

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Here’s a plastic thought

Another daydream for the heap

No molded rhyme this time

Just a smooth sheet of metaphor

Overstretched and gaping allusion

A wrapper for recycled thoughts

And polymemories

Uniquely malformed

A filmy single-use example

Of want degrading love

While time erodes will

For me to wrap my head around

And suffocate

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Reviews

[Bhuyanshi Talukdar]

Your poem is a beautiful exploration of the way that our thoughts and memories can become distorted over time, like a piece of plastic that has been stretched too thin. Your use of language is both evocative and thought-provoking, and I found myself feeling deeply moved by the emotions you convey. The line "A filmy single-use example of want degrading love" is especially powerful - it's a reminder of the way that our desires can sometimes lead us to make choices that we later regret.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading! :)

[Neville]

I'm not a fan of anything that is not natural or non biodegradable .. and made a decision yonks ago to try and reduce my own carbon footprint .. Pet hates include all forms of plastics and any derivatives thereof, polystyrene, Formica, etc etc ..

p.s

My aversion to the above referenced products began quite a few years before my Godmother suffocated her self with a supermarket plastic bag ..

Originality is your forte without doubt .. Write on my friend

Neville

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Neville! :)
Your grandmother's story is tragic. I'm sorry.

[Neville]

No need my friend .. she was my godmother, I barely knew her and she is without doubt more at peace now than she ever was here on earth ..

[Slaynoir]

Oooh I like I like. Dark and yet true. I enjoy your morbid take on seeing things. To me, it felt like the loss of a memory of some sort, sort of a distortion that eventually suffocates one's own thoughts. That memory means something but can also take down a person without a fight. :D I dunno if that's what you meant, but I really enjoyed it. Haha, I'm a sort of sardonic person for the most part so thought it's not funny, but I can see it applying in life with interesting results.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading! :)

[Seth Cason]

Matt!!

I may not have the smarts to deconstruct your poetry upside down and backward, having been kicked out of Oxford for biting the head off a bat on moving-in day, and again a year later at Harvard but with a Pomeranian, but I know good music and I appreciate your choice of words and how well they flow. BTW, I employed the changes you suggested with the stanzs/ line breaks of my interstate poem and it's a huge improvement, so I hat-tipped you at the end. Now if you'll excuse me, I have 100 plastic bags to intercept before they reach your mailbox.

Seth

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Seth! :)
I had fun writing this, knowing that readers would attempt to interpret it even though it states that its an overstretched metaphor, gaping allusion. The poem refers to itself as plastic trash, and alludes to my opinion of ambiguity as a message; that allusion giving this poem an ambiguous message, which is to be expected from plastic trash; a complete circuit of convolution.
Welcome to the geek end of the pool. Haha
Thanks for considering my suggestion about the line break. One great thing about written art is that its easy to edit. I think your poem is beautiful.

[Fran Marie]

Seth; no intercepts allowed
.those 100 point
plastic bags contain
the scribblings of
the most ambiguous nonsensical
writings for Matt to wrap his head around and decipher..rubbish meant for
true enlightenment haha..

[mattavelli]

Agh! Haha
You guys are crazy. :)

[Fran Marie]

were living in
the lazy hazy days
of a plastic and throwaway
society ..its everywhere
and we're drowning in it
trashing the earth as we go

nice work Matt
sending 100 plastic bags
your way..

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Fran! :)

[Fran Marie]

you.re so
very welcome;

[John the Baptist]

The title seems to speak of uncertainty or vagueness in many areas. Recycled thoughts and polymemories are mentioned, so it would seem the poem's subject concerns the effects of the past on the present. The last four lines appear to be about mistakes made in past relationships that are beyond the possibility, even the desire, for rehabilitation. To say it in technological jargon, human relationships are a b***h.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, John! :)

[Poetic Beauty]

The wrong little be can suffocate just like plastic and the over use of it. Each like is creative crafted in this poem.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Poet! :)

[Poetic Beauty]

You are welcome as always

[Richard🖌]

Ah-HAH, Matt! 🙄

The metaphorical thrust of your words pulled my mind into two different directions:
One, how mindlessly and apathetically the world's entirety has become to the lasting damage plastic has, and will continue, to do to our environment, animals and humans, alike. It's mind-boggling insanity on a scale history has never before known. For example, a couple of years back I made a vow to buy as little as possible nothing that included plastic … after a week i gave-up, because virtually "everything" we need to survive (except raw vegetables and fruit) is packaged in some form of plastic. Hell, even water comes in plastic and we pump gasoline into plastic cans … on 'n on 'n on 'n onnn......sheesh!!!

Direction two, took me into the direction of how much of today's poetry is so ambiguous even Einstein couldn't figure it out. Ah well, could just be Me. But, knowing You, you meant it both ways to intentionally confuse those of us in our dotage … LOL!

Thanks, M'Fine Friend, for sharing another from your deepening well of ingenious originality! ⁓ Richard 🍃

(a hunnert on this-un) Grin*

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Richard! :)
Dotage? You caught my plastic wrapped meaning. Haha
Sometimes i'll read a poem, then read it again, then sneer at it because its empty words, or missing some key to decode it. Lets see if I get hate mail. Haha

[Richard🖌]

Not likely, Matt … LOL!

[Robert Trakofler]

I own a restaurant and despite my huge disdain for all things plastic and waste, in general, there are some things I can not avoid and it drives me crazy!!!! certain food safety regulations require me to use plastic but every time I use it I see those damn plastic flotillas in the ocean and I cringe:( I use biodegradable cutlery and containers and paper bags for takeout but I can't find soup containers that don't leak for takeout so i have to use them and I have to use plastic wrap in the kitchen:( I hate plastic!!!!!!

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Bunny! :)
A couple days ago I tried to Google the meaning of a strange word, "exquisition", and a link popped up for medium.com. I followed it and saw a photo of your restaurant. Its lovely.

[Robert Trakofler]

LOL, sometimes the English language needs a new word:) thanks for the compliment it was a tough year for restaurants but we have weathered the storm!

[mattavelli]

Thats good. I suppose its all up from here on, knock on wood. Haha
If I'm ever in the area, I'll stop in and find something to complain about. :p

[Dave Brown]

There has to be more of this awareness
As you say, we are killing our planet
Plastic, once thought a wonderful thing, is now our worse curse, but just leads an unbelievable lineup of other ills
I worry for my grandkids

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Dave! :)

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Great plastic themed metaphors here
So clever
I feel for the fish and marine life
Enjoyed it

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Julie! :)