PASTICHE CONSTRUCTION

The following was an experiment. Words in lower-case were obtained by blindly pointing to words at random in a dictionary. Upper-case words were inserted by me to complete the poem. A 10-minute writing exercise…

A gruesome burning OF apprehensive MEN

tough shout

DON'T trifle WITH ME

bellow FORTH YOU benign BASTARD

amidst disparate AND improvident MENTORS

send A stimulant TO ME

second RATE chop IT UP

finish ME

A bracing judgment BY A meretricious wise JUDGE

abdominal FEELING CIRCULATES AROUND A

BLACK SHATTERED LUNCH counter

SUBLIMINAL approval FOR YOUR camouflage

A stout prudent come along deity

YOU'RE due

HIT THE ground AND PROCURE AN identity

peculiar extremity THIS WORLD IS

thin GLOBE really

depress YOUR adversity

OR DIE