Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Watch, read, and listen to “self selves: collage poem” by Sean G. Meggeson, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.

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self selves: collage poem

By Sean G. Meggeson

snitch moan muck word downbeat press

loves lazy faith beat clear line room tone

willing suffers crime primitive ritual beautiful X

three times times takes make lonely joy pinch

explication maths 1950s Japanese robot toy

lead paint fable psych tit key

snitch belt crosses neck spits myth beats story number

river birth misses body rains numbs waiting

wet chomp willow stick truth animal snitch king

holds line turns phrase chalks loss clock clock cock press

narrow chin vein tick snitch gathers life voice flint spark

something clever burns low start sell foundlings

bedroom left town story grieving foregone

snitch cult ritual step never far snitch lips sandpaper

unto molded body isn’t verse furthest

map meep wire cut gives slack

brave brawling cowboy tongue little snitch bawling borderline

phones in little snitch fight loves snitch lazy sideline fuck

steals fire pay water spark snitch on air crosses nose-line

gets through day walks sleep wakes

snitch to find voice snitching for ever forever itching inviting media

pulls circle lights on blinks air leaves village for forest fuck

secret wants not snitch action needs victim perp voice neck crack

late nite bend snitch hour leaves circle open peanut butter jelly vic

mouth middle snitch circle squeezes snitch hollow closed

tribe flutters snitch flutters elimination switch

breakdown downbeat food check shadow truck

pick up call 50 years late tender snitch after snitch feel flutter

lock in sock good time rides electric wave tenders metal finger-tip snitch

mouth line kid mouth worth 50 kick-starts snitch mode brave ball burps

dickers deal touches mouth to mouth solemn snitch brave ditch dig

second want need want brave something day done village walk

let out snitch kingdom sand good feel long snitch PD porno

one line body vanish feeds lithium light in-breath clipped

cocked up snitch coma dream clipped breath

bad bravery victim clink village missed

junk remorse home unloved okaerinasai

behind door open nub held knob digit taken

shadow soft self dirt can’t cover ash what

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Copyright © Sean G. Meggeson

Previously published in Don’t Submit, August 29 2024.

Sean G. Meggeson lives in Toronto, Canada, where he works as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He has written and lectured on such topics as Lacan & James Joyce, neurodiversity, and interspecies intersubjectivity. His poems have been published in various online and print journals. His chapbook, Cosmic Crasher and Other Poems has been published by Buttonhook Press, 2024. Meggeson was the winner of the 2024 League of Canadian Poets Spoken Word Award.

Fresh Voices is a publication and workshop program created by and for the League’s associate members.

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