[Newspoetry] Ape Prompt

Jay Morris jrmorris at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 22 16:53:05 CST 2002


>From: William Gillespie <gillespi at uiuc.edu>
>
>Assignment:
>
>Assume, as the poem does, that the ape actually could write in response
>to Dr. Bluespire’s “prompt” and reproduce the first poem the ape writes.
>Your poem should be at least 14 lines long and must  be in English (no
>Oooook ooook screeeeee waughscreeeeee! gibberish—though a couple of
>ape-like neologisms are allowed, if you so desire).



Subject #457's Haiku

football game is on
lab tech's gone out for more beer
chew, chew, swallow, breathe

salty snacks taste good
miami's about to score!
chew, chew, breathe, uh-oh!

oops i spilt my beer!
how long have i been down here?
how embarassing!



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