{"id":259,"date":"2011-05-17T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=259"},"modified":"2011-05-17T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T16:58:00","slug":"two-poems-from-jonathan-pinnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-poems-from-jonathan-pinnock\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poems from Jonathan Pinnock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cartoon Characterisation<\/span>

Contrary to popular<\/span>
belief, Yosemite Sam<\/span>
is a keen advocate<\/span>
of gun control and a staunch<\/span>
vegetarian. He doesn\u2019t even<\/span>
live in<\/span>

Yosemite. Instead, he<\/span>
shares an apartment in<\/span>
the Castro area of San<\/span>
Francisco with his<\/span>
long-term partner,<\/span>
Elmer<\/span>

Fudd . They are often<\/span>
to be seen walking along<\/span>
the Bay shore, hand<\/span>
in hand, accompanied by<\/span>
one of their many pet<\/span>
rabbits.<\/span>


Conundrums<\/span>

Waking up is too welcoming a phrase<\/span>
to describe the process:<\/span>
it\u2019s more a case of smashing his way<\/span>
through a concrete wall,<\/span>
head first.<\/span>

If he weren\u2019t in so much pain,<\/span>
he\u2019d probably be wondering if<\/span>
the brassi\u00e8re and thong<\/span>
he\u2019s wearing so inexpertly<\/span>
belong to the stranger<\/span>
in the bed next to him,<\/span>

and having pondered that,<\/span>
he might move on to marvelling<\/span>
at how that bed<\/span>
had come to be<\/span>
upon the roof.<\/span>




*Jonathan Pinnock<\/span> has written all sorts of stuff and has been published all over the place. His novel <\/span>Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens<\/span> will be published by Proxima in Autumn 2011. He blogs at <\/span>www.jonathanpinnock.com<\/a>  and tweets as @jonpinnock. Mrs Darcy has her own website at <\/span>www.mrsdarcyvsthealiens.com.<\/a>
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