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Plastic is Forever (Free verse) by http://mulberryfairy
“These are priceless” she says, sneaking another glance, gushing a genuine giggle at our third identical set of $9.95 Excalibur keychains. Each action portrait begs remembrance of all previous rides on "the 4.5 acre wooden roller coaster" this 2003 season: I, with the same farmers’ tan where my shirtsleeves have parachuted up; an afro of rattled, windblown hair framing an androgynous face. She with her mouth open, breasts spilling over my forearm; whitened fingers clenching my bicep with such fervor that you can almost see the bruising in these immortalized, plastic-ized, mementos.

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Posted: September 13, 2003 9:32 PM PDT; Last modified: September 13, 2003 9:32 PM PDT
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[n/a] http://mulberryfairy @ 216.195.145.8 | 13-Sep-03/9:34 PM | Reply
Suggestions for "plastic-ized"? I imagine it sounding like plastisized, but don't think it is a word, and taking out the "c" makes it seem unclear-er.

[9] Goad @ 217.82.0.76 > http://mulberryfairy | 26-Jan-04/2:31 PM | Reply
plasticized is most definitely a word, without the hyphen, and it is pronounced plastisized. It is often also spelled plasticised.
[0] baphomet @ 24.126.113.154 | 13-Sep-03/9:47 PM | Reply
im sorry buckelberryferry
this sucks shit.
3char1per
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[n/a] Geschäftsreise @ 4.40.32.229 > baphomet | 13-Sep-03/11:05 PM | Reply
Please forgive me I am new. You must be the same person as this supremebeaner, supremedreamer, and The third isis, as well as being baphomet. Why do you critique poetry without critiquing it?
[0] baphomet @ 24.126.113.154 > Geschäftsreise | 14-Sep-03/8:03 PM | Reply
I think not.
I use a school computer.
That is why there is the same comp. number.
[10] Lifeboatman @ 202.78.97.57 > baphomet | 14-Sep-03/8:53 PM | Reply
fool..
[n/a] Geschäftsreise @ 4.40.32.229 | 13-Sep-03/11:02 PM | Reply
This poem has an interesting tension between 1.) being marketed 'fun' (plus the narrator's friend's ability to enjoy it in spite of the commercialization) and 2.) Your apparent objective indifference to (or even slight critique of) the whole thing.
I worked hard on that objective indifference, and "apparent" is right- nice distinction. Was it effective?
[8] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 > http://mulberryfairy | 15-Sep-03/10:59 AM | Reply
very.

and plastcized, is a word, per dictionary.com:
plas·ti·cize ( P ) Pronunciation Key (plst-sz)
tr. & intr.v. plas·ti·cized, plas·ti·ciz·ing, plas·ti·ciz·es

To make or become plastic
[10] peaceseeker @ 24.97.224.6 | 14-Sep-03/8:46 AM | Reply
Can you say more about the bruising?
I imagine the mention of bruising has more significance than just its physicality on the arm.
What are your thoughts on the friend's fervorous grip, and the narrator's bruising?
[9] nentwined @ 66.92.183.34 | 14-Sep-03/7:36 PM | Reply
I like this. could use some spit and polish, but I'm not quite sure where. 9.
[n/a] http://mulberryfairy @ 216.195.145.114 > nentwined | 15-Sep-03/9:25 AM | Reply
Yeah, I know, that is how I feel about it too.
[10] Lifeboatman @ 202.78.97.57 | 14-Sep-03/8:53 PM | Reply
good.. 10
[7] ?-Dave_Mysterious-? @ 195.92.67.75 | 15-Sep-03/3:17 PM | Reply
Have you ever stopped to think what an amzing feat of technology it is to be able to make a plastic keyring? Could you make a plastic keyring? Two hundred years ago you'd probably be worshipping it as some sort of god.
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