Thursday, June 12, 2008

26 Poems...

...gleaned* from the dialogue-track of Disney's animated movie, 'Aladdin.'


i can't
believe it
i'm losing
2
a rug



splendid
absolutely
marvelous


i am not
a prize
to be
won


but
oh
to be
free
call me al


i will have
the power
2 get
rid of
u



father
what's
wrong
with u?


the truth?
the truth?
the truth
is


over
sideways
and
under
on a
magic-carpet
ride


now
i'm in
a whole new world
with u



ity
bity
living
space


a snake
am i?



i never
actually wished
to get out of
the
cave


now
where
were
we?
ah yes
abject
humiliation



how
many times
do i
have to
kill u
boy?


oh
shut-up
u moron



i'm history
no
i'm mythology


him
i choose
u



i'm not
worthless
and
i don't
have fleas


there's
so much more
2 me



i am
in desperate need
of your
wisdom
but
it's been
in the
family
4
years


pretty lady
buy
a pot



there is
a cave boy
a cave
of wonders


carpet
let's
move



did u
rub
my lamp?


no
no
please



do u mind
if
i kiss
the monkey?



*(The Gleaner is currently at work on a screenplay for an animated film version of the Broadway stage musical adaptation of the original animated film classic of Disney's 'The Lion King.' To date, Pixar Studios has not returned any of his calls. He did, though, receive a rather bemusing, nasty little note from Dreamworks which he is in the process of framing in order to put on his wall.)

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