{"id":1151,"date":"2008-01-25T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T14:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2008-01-25T14:21:31","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T14:21:31","slug":"two-poems-by-ralph-michael-chiaia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-poems-by-ralph-michael-chiaia\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poems by Ralph-Michael Chiaia"},"content":{"rendered":"

we should all be cynics<\/span>


I'm surrounded by<\/span>
idiot optimists<\/span>
cynical is the only<\/span>

<\/span>way to be.<\/span>
Mom says she<\/span>
misses someone<\/span>

<\/span>saying, “I love you.”<\/span>
I told her<\/span>
don't miss it,<\/span>
they're always lying<\/span>

<\/span>she laughed her optimism<\/span>
clear off.<\/span>



the oranges<\/span>


I keep a basket of oranges<\/span> in the car.<\/span>
every time I see a really hot girl<\/span>
I mean disgustingly hot<\/span>
the kind that makes you involuntarily<\/span> moan,<\/span>
I throw one at her<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ralph-Michael Chiaia is an experimental poet. Find out more at http:\/\/formonksonly.blogspot.com<\/a> including how to purchase Chiaia's new chapbook from Coatlism Press. IS&T will be carrying a review of this in the near future.
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we should all be cynicsI'm surrounded byidiot optimistscynical is the onlyway to be.Mom says shemisses someonesaying, “I love you.”I told herdon't miss it,they're always lyingshe laughed her optimismclear off.the orangesI keep a basket of oranges in the car.every time I see a really hot girlI mean disgustingly hotthe kind that makes you involuntarily moan,I throw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}