I do pay attention in class, i swear

by Yakari Gabriel   Oct 15, 2015


All I know is that,
I have been learning
all these intellectual
terms for things
I already knew-
As I try to apply the knowledge
to my assignments, it dawns me that
I would do much better if I apply it to
my poetry. Tell you that I can use all the power
of influence known to men.
So we do it like this
You can be my target audience-
I try to understand your behavior
find out why you consume
things the way you do.
find which marketing strategy
led you to all the women you
sleep with. I conduct literature research
on our generation and find out
where your money goes.
Except that this isn't a test
and I'm not a product
the only thing that'll make you
love me, is your desire to

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  • 9 years ago

    by Melpomene

    Yaki,

    It has been a while since I've had the pleasure of commenting on one of your poems, time has gotten the better of me and I've found it hard to find balance in my life lately. That being said, I think this poem is a clever depiction of balance, a balance between knowledge and poetry, university life and love.

    I think the main reason I fell for this poem was simply because it was highly relatable to my own experiences in school. In design I studied design so target audience, consumerism, marking strategies and literature are all fond memories for me, then of course I fell in love at uni and like you, I had a curious mind about that particular person I fell for.

    The way you weaved your courses terminology throughout the poem was clever, your intelligence, and the way you think never ceases to amaze me. This is a perfect poem to sum up the way you and your mind have grown. Can't wait to check out some more of your latest poems, I think I'm going to have some great reading tonight.

    Mel

  • 9 years ago

    by zabetha

    I like this. because it starts out as a regular stuck in class love poem and just winds into so much more. Honestly, sounded like a man at first then went into a woman, so i enjoyed that twist as well.

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