{"id":9531,"date":"2018-07-01T13:23:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=9531"},"modified":"2018-07-02T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T08:14:50","slug":"five-poems-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=9531","title":{"rendered":"Five Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Raw Papers<\/h5>\n<p>ask the trees<br \/>\nwhat to write<br \/>\nthey\u2019ll tell you<br \/>\nthe trees<br \/>\nask a kid<br \/>\nand he\u2019ll tell you<br \/>\nhow it sucks<br \/>\nto be young<br \/>\nthen folks<br \/>\nswing on you<br \/>\njust swing on you<br \/>\nand you break<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h5>Ain\u2019t No Dimples on a Pimp<\/h5>\n<p>fuck while yr young<br \/>\nfuck when yr cold<br \/>\nfuck cuz yr hot<br \/>\nfuck getting old<\/p>\n<p>fuck for the rent baby but<br \/>\nfuck getting sold<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h5>Papa\u2019s Got a Brand-New Handbag<\/h5>\n<p>went by pepper grindr<br \/>\nwhen you was loose<br \/>\nwent by minnie meatballs<br \/>\nwhen you was large<\/p>\n<p>when you was large<br \/>\nas a liza impersonator<br \/>\nand then you got fit<br \/>\nall in one summer<br \/>\nbecause he left<br \/>\nand called you heifer<br \/>\nas he left you<\/p>\n<p>what is the new nom now my dear<br \/>\nis it something you throw<br \/>\nin a skillet do you<br \/>\nkill it with your bare hands<br \/>\nis it sauced is it bland<br \/>\nare you bland dubois again<br \/>\nI thought you gave it up<br \/>\non that streetcar named<br \/>\ndesire shit stella oh stella<br \/>\noh stella four-star<\/p>\n<p>my dear it\u2019s the 21st<br \/>\ncentury here you don\u2019t need<br \/>\na new drag name you need<br \/>\na new drag<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h5>Slim Aubade<\/h5>\n<p>what night it was<br \/>\nwe went to bed together<br \/>\nwho can be sure<\/p>\n<p>it was winter<br \/>\ndark clouds, thunder<\/p>\n<p>we stayed a long time<br \/>\nwaiting for the storm<\/p>\n<p>to pass, the charges<br \/>\njumping across the sky<\/p>\n<p>but when I got you off<br \/>\nin that final torrent<\/p>\n<p>that was the first day<br \/>\nof spring<br \/>\nI\u2019m sure of it<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h5>Last Poem<\/h5>\n<p>be jealous of this life<br \/>\nit has been wicked<br \/>\nit has been good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raw Papers ask the trees what to write they\u2019ll tell you the trees ask a kid and he\u2019ll tell you how it sucks to be young then folks swing on you just swing on you and you break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[351,353],"tags":[355],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five Poems - The Manchester Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=9531\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=9531&page=2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Poems - The Manchester Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raw Papers ask the trees what to write they\u2019ll tell you the trees ask a kid and he\u2019ll tell you how it sucks to be young then folks swing on you just swing on you and you break\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=9531\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Manchester Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-01T12:23:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-02T08:14:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"D.A. 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