{"id":7020,"date":"2017-02-11T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=7020"},"modified":"2017-03-28T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T11:51:01","slug":"three-poems-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=7020","title":{"rendered":"Three Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Method<\/h4>\n<p>Everything I do, I do in order to get something.<br \/>\nFor example: Jane.<br \/>\nI want Jane, but she doesn\u2019t want me.<br \/>\nNow, everything I do,<br \/>\nI do in order to get past the obstacles to Jane. <\/p>\n<p>Why doesn\u2019t Jane want me? Perhaps she fears me.<br \/>\nWhy does Jane fear me? Perhaps I am violent. <\/p>\n<p>What is violence? What is power?<\/p>\n<p>I hide my needs.<br \/>\nI act like a different person.<br \/>\nI do it in order to get what I want.<\/p>\n<p>Which in this case, is Jane. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>Self-Portrait with Money<\/h4>\n<p>Is it hunger?<br \/>\nIt can\u2019t be hunger.<br \/>\nIs it thirst?<br \/>\nIt can\u2019t be thirst \u2013<\/p>\n<p>and it isn\u2019t pain,<br \/>\nor fear,<br \/>\nor hopelessness.<\/p>\n<p>What can it be?<\/p>\n<p>How hard the hand clutches,<br \/>\nas the fast heart thumps.<\/p>\n<p>The hand will stink of metal\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Of course!<\/p>\n<p>It will stink of metal,<br \/>\nand then of:<\/p>\n<p>remorse. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>Painter My Valentine<\/h4>\n<p>On Valentine\u2019s Day \u2013<br \/>\nmy Valentine \u2013<br \/>\nmine \u2013<br \/>\nhas cut his throat;<br \/>\nhis Adam\u2019s apple\u2019s<br \/>\nbled a little \u2013<br \/>\non his t-shirt,<br \/>\nwhich is white,<br \/>\nlike all the fields,<br \/>\ntoday, Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Sunday,<br \/>\nhe nailed a canvas \u2013<br \/>\nwhite \u2013<br \/>\nonto the wall<br \/>\nin preparation for the night.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, Tuesday,<br \/>\nout will come \u2013<br \/>\nsap<br \/>\nfrom his unhealed throat. <\/p>\n<p>What will happen to my love \u2013<br \/>\non Wednesday?<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Method Everything I do, I do in order to get something. For example: Jane. I want Jane, but she doesn\u2019t want me. Now, everything I do, I do in order to get past the obstacles to Jane. Why doesn\u2019t Jane want me? Perhaps she fears me. Why does Jane fear me? 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