Out East, My Knowledge Fails

Goodbye?

tears and sweat, I require.

Are tears and sweat too much to ask for? Are they really? I think...

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not. Tears are not too much to ask, unless you have some weird (no judgement here) tear duct issue

and have to spray your eyes with water like you're a caged bird or something.

I dunno.

How do you solve a problem like impossibly dry tear ducts?

When Beaches and Good Will Hunting won't do the trick.

(We all know the scene - his abs make me cry and sweat equally, maybe? definitely)

I appreciate tears and sweat, it's what I live for.

Wouldn't catch Stephen King saying that...or maybe he would? Who can tell?

I've not read Stephen King on Writing

I doubt I'd read Paul Stewart on Writing either, though.

Just please give me your tears and sweat. I'd settle for laughter and anger, though.

I'm not that fussy.

Attention, attention.

No announcement to make here, I was just highlighting what I really want.

Really.

Honestly.

Attention, Attention, this time I have an announcement.

Give me attention. No more than necessary

but a darn sight more than you'd give that weird uncle

that only shows up at weddings, funerals and other gatherings.

You know the one. We all know "him".

If you are that weird uncle reading this right now -

Hello.

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I don't really have control over how you interpret anything I say

I can lead you with the breadcrumbs but can't expect you to eat the witch.

But I wish for nothing more than you to imagine me with three fingers down and the other two up

directed towards the general area of the universe as a whole. Like a fart from the OGs - MP.

Just like Old Tom, "out east, my knowledge fails"

Beyond my maternal motherland Bel Paese

lies a world yet unexplored and understood

by this humble man with a small h.

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: Yadda yadda, this is my most favourite poetry challenge yet...yadda yadda blah blah. Stream. HyperLinks (with a capital L for giggles) in the thing above, provide insights. Just incase. You're welcome.

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