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George Goodger
By gutterkitty
28 November 2007
A bit of a departure from my usual, which might serve as an explanation if it is a bit crap. Be so kind as to tell me if it is completely incoherent?

To command this graffiti
would call for arrogance
beyond the corrective powers of a pen.
Yet it begs to be unleashed,
for everyone to know George Goodger is turned on
by phallic fruit
, that kermit the frog
is hot.
The thoughts that line
the hearts of students
shout from bathroom cubicles,
cogito ergo sum- who the fuck
graffitis in latin anyway? I hate
this place, I love it. Tell the person you want
that you love them- you might not
get another chance. Fuck that’s gay.
I love you, HELP
. Each lecture
neat notes on clean paper
censor the scrawled other-side.
The drunken discussion of necrophilia
weighing up fungus vs. no fungus,
angel lust and whether
a flower is beautiful if no-one
can see it. The symmetry
of a face is mathematical like the
texture of a painting or a sunset.
If George Goodger is not alone
then does cogito ergo sum
stamped on the side of a toilet
mean more that it would encased
in the pages of a book?

Reviews

Written by fellpony (1721 comments posted) 28th November 2007
I can remember this - student life just does it more extremely. Worth noting all the same! I don't know whether the lectures censor the "other side" or merely contrast though?  
 
As to your philosophical questions, there are no cut and dried answers - it all depends. Which is the point of the poem I suppose. Thanks for encapsulating them. 
 
PS  
"then does cognito ergo sum - extra N there in "cogito"  
stamped on the side of a toilet 
mean more that it would encased - I think the N above needs to replace T to make "than"? 
in the pages of a book?" 
 

Written by punchy (535 comments posted) 28th November 2007
Again I really like this. Especially the drunken discussions of whether a flower is beautiful e.t.c, remember all that well. Could I be so rude to ask if you were on the loo when you wrote it? or just inspired by the graffiti?

Written by Phil (6963 comments posted) 28th November 2007
Like it GK. Some unsual line breaks - yours always fascinate me in what they suggest. One of the things I remember about being a student is all of a sudden being exposed to masses of new ideas and being among people who were happy, even eager, to discuss them. Exciring times, though I wouldn't care to repeat the experience now.  
 
Phil.

Written by gutterkitty (362 comments posted) 29th November 2007
Thanks guys, this isn't the kind of thing that I would usually write so it's nice to know that I've had some degree of success- opens new windows for me. 
 
fellpony- I was trying to express the contrast between the working side of student life and life outside the lecture room. Perhaps censor is the wrong word though, as it implies an active rejection of that "other-side". Also thanks for pointing out the typo! 
 
punchy- I wasn't on the loo, no, I was in a lecture reading the graffiti and I had to go to the loo to cough (fresher's flu is fun) and I ended up reading the graffiti there as well. Some pretty interesting reading material too. 
 
Phil- that is partly what I was trying to express here- all the conversations listed in the second part are conversations I've had with my friends. It's nice to break out of the box a bit and talk about whatever comes into your head.

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