Form

Form

A Poem by Thomas Emile Vaughen
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To read or not to read? That's the question. Answer: read.

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The expectation is a requisite for disappointment 
If I ever snatch you from the world of forms
Shall I not see you in bone, muscle, sinew?
You won't laugh at all my jokes; you will not be
captivated by my insights Hell I doubt you'll 
listen to my favourite musicians and you won't
have read Murakami, Cohen, Neruda 

You won't last more than 5 minutes outside of
my mind You'll sing the wrong note, whistle the
wrong tune and I will exile you - Napoleon 
at the Elba - my heart is vindictive and lonely,
an animal too good to feast on the flesh of
anything impure; the toxic allure of shackling
someone to the ambitions of the most austere
reality 

The expectation...
is a requisite for disappointment 

© 2020 Thomas Emile Vaughen


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Thomas Emile Vaughen
Thomas Emile Vaughen

Floating around the north of England, United Kingdom



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Sometimes I make myself a coffee, pop on the internet and write stuff. Read at your *peril*. Can be found on Substack [https://thomasemilevaughen.substack.com] or Bluesky [‪@cperil.bsky.soci.. more..