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# Rules and Rulers
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- Published: 2022-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the argument: what is a poem may have predated Rehoboam as far back as old Gilgamesh cuneiforms, were judged as "fresh" or hardly worth their weight in clay (old Solomon, they often say used a technique of pray and sp...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the argument: what is a poem  
may have predated Rehoboam  
as far back as old Gilgamesh  
cuneiforms, were judged as "fresh"  
or hardly worth their weight in clay  
(old Solomon, they often say  
used a technique of pray and spray  
with poems as with wives  
his song of songs survives)

I often wonder, nonetheless  
when seeing adjectives abused  
would these be seen as fit to press  
were Guttenberg's technique still used  
descriptions dripping, drip, drip, drip  
(resembling an acid trip  
write-only drivel, get a grip  
and blandness pours from every pore  
the autorank, though, what a score!)

this balderdash a poem?  
to read 'em is to know 'em  
I'll let the audience decide  
on to the next one, bleary eyed