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Prose Poem № 103937

The Angel and The Ass

by pain killer

Member since 2004 · Posted 2 Jun 2004 · 10 comments

If you are an angel Then I am the ass And the ass saw the angel From behind the glass But the glass it was frosted And the ass he caught cold And all that he longed Was for an angel to hold But the angel had wings And the ass he had none He sneezed and looked back And the angel had gone The angel took flight And she flew far away The ass blew his nose And lay down in the hay He dreamed of the angel And all of her kind He awoke in the morning And wings he did find But those wings did not fit And so alas That is the tale Of the angel and the ass

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10 comments

[n/a] pain killer 2-Jun-04/12:50 PM Reply
I got the idea of the title from the Nick Cave novel...I decided to write a bitter sweet tale of unrequited love disguised as a childrens poem...i dunno if it works or not...you tell me
[n/a] god'swife › pain killer 2-Jun-04/1:04 PM Reply
It doesn't work because nothing interesting happens. Your other poems are interesting.
[n/a] horus8 › god'swife 2-Jun-04/1:27 PM Reply
Yeah, about as interesting as my mother farting.
[n/a] horus8 › pain killer 2-Jun-04/1:29 PM Reply
This is a lyric, and bangless at that.
[n/a] horus8 2-Jun-04/1:28 PM Reply
And how is this a prose poem? This is a soggy cracker jack in denial mang.
[n/a] pain killer › horus8 2-Jun-04/2:08 PM Reply
horus...your put downs are witless shit. i hope your poetry is better.
[6] zodiac › pain killer 2-Jun-04/2:10 PM Reply
Maybe it's because he doesn't give a rat's ass about insulting you properly.

I bet you a million dollars you won't read his poetry.
[n/a] pain killer › zodiac 2-Jun-04/2:27 PM Reply
yeh read afew got bored...horus8 psuedo pretentious king/queen of the poemranker poetry board...oh but we are all not worthy...whatever...if it all gives some meaning to his worthless existence then what the hell...horus8..self elected intimidator of those he considers his inferior...okay zodiac...you can kiss his ass again now
[6] zodiac › pain killer 2-Jun-04/3:45 PM Reply
Shi', cracker, I don' give a fuck about horus.

And he's not a "self-elected intimidator", we all elected him. We also voted him prettiest poemranker user and best original song about cripples. It was a big to-do a while back.
[8] sliver 2-Jun-04/3:16 PM Reply
Good, I don't suppose the angel felt the attraction eh?
Maybe if she'd needed to pack in to the mountains, you know - he could carry her celestial food.