{"id":8040,"date":"2021-07-20T06:47:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T05:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2021-07-20T07:05:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T06:05:32","slug":"the-glittering-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/20\/the-glittering-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glittering Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please note that this poem has been censored as as SS Sisters do not wish to offend those less fortunate than ourselves<\/em><\/p>\n

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We were asked a question recently<\/p>\n

A question<\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

We get asked many questions<\/p>\n

What was the question<\/p>\n

How long had we been sisters<\/p>\n

Really<\/p>\n

What was your answer<\/p>\n

We told the journalist that apart from the twenty-eight minutes that separated us<\/p>\n

That we had been together all our lives<\/p>\n

What a stupid fucking question<\/p>\n

A 1<\/p>\n

B 2<\/p>\n

C3<\/p>\n

D 4<\/p>\n

E 5<\/p>\n

F 6<\/p>\n

G 7<\/p>\n

H 8<\/p>\n

I 9<\/p>\n

J 10<\/p>\n

K 11<\/p>\n

L 12<\/p>\n

M 13<\/p>\n

N 14<\/p>\n

O 15<\/p>\n

P 16<\/p>\n

Q 17<\/p>\n

R 18<\/p>\n

S 19<\/p>\n

T 20<\/p>\n

U 21<\/p>\n

V 22<\/p>\n

W 23<\/p>\n

X 24<\/p>\n

Y 25<\/p>\n

Z 26<\/p>\n

I now live in Israel and Sally lives in Berlin<\/p>\n

She is married to a German guy<\/p>\n

Who is a great fuck<\/p>\n

A great fuck<\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

Explain<\/p>\n

Of course<\/p>\n

Thank you Sandra I know this is hard for you<\/p>\n

Pause<\/em><\/p>\n

Sandra glances at the camera\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Her eyes are moist<\/em><\/p>\n

When I broke up with Petra Green<\/p>\n

Simon was kind to me<\/p>\n

He bedded me every day for a week<\/p>\n

Whilst Petra was working at the Cash n Carry<\/p>\n

What did Sally think of the arrangement<\/p>\n

She did not know<\/p>\n

I will always be grateful to her<\/p>\n

That was a low point in my life<\/p>\n

Did you consider suicide<\/p>\n

Frequently<\/p>\n

What stopped you<\/p>\n

I could not choose my method of suicide<\/p>\n

There is so much choice<\/p>\n

My producer took an overdose<\/p>\n

But he was found in time and taken to hospital<\/p>\n

Which was a mistake as he jumped from a sixth floor window<\/p>\n

Ouch<\/p>\n

Are you ok now<\/p>\n

No<\/p>\n

But we are so fucking famous<\/p>\n

We are so fucking famous<\/p>\n

That we are fucking famous<\/p>\n

What is the name of your latest album<\/p>\n

Fucking Famous<\/p>\n

I see<\/p>\n

I see that your song<\/p>\n

628496<\/p>\n

Has topped the charts in many countries<\/p>\n

Has it<\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

628496<\/p>\n

Was the working title<\/p>\n

Or so I am told<\/p>\n

Was it always called 628496<\/p>\n

No<\/p>\n

Why<\/p>\n

Because my sister felt uncomfortable with the title<\/p>\n

Did you compromise<\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

What is the new title<\/p>\n

628496<\/p>\n

I was told that my biggest failing was that I hated everyone<\/p>\n

But the opposite is true<\/p>\n

I hate ****** and ****** and I absolutely detest ******<\/p>\n

But most of all I hate armadillos and other creatures<\/p>\n

I reason is that if I loved everyone and everything that I would be heartbroken when they died<\/p>\n

It is much easier to hate everything<\/p>\n

As this negates mourning<\/p>\n

You are not upset<\/p>\n

You are in control of your emotions<\/p>\n

It is a kind of love I suppose<\/p>\n

I have never thought of it that way but yes<\/p>\n

It is a form of love<\/p>\n

HATE is a form of LOVE<\/p>\n

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