Did You Win?

from Expeditionary Twitch (2017) by John Elmquist's HardArt groop

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did you win? did you score? was it swell?
was it good and true because you thought it?
did you, overall, keep it pretty.....thin?
did, did you win? were, were you cool? and hot?
did, did you curate like a boss?
Is it clear that your jokes killed?
and 'twere the the "it" of art?
lightly perched upon edginess of envelopes?
Did, did your mask distract and misdirect?
Did, did you dazzle? Did they swoon? Sparkle! Shine!
Sure, you were fresh, but did you ambish? and finish?
'Cause spinning is winning.
One can easily persuade the hipness constabulary:
just be the "est" of all (never only very).
Were, were they sure because you were?
Did, did you finish with a flourish and a flash?
How is it that your smarm was cause for little alarm?
Yes, you clevered the hell out of it and got your doings reported upon.
'Twats thou seen through thy churning charm?
Some selections are only natural.
Was there certain badness in your posteriority?
the acclaim universal? not just worldwide?
did, did you do, do, do virtue?
did, did you keep it clean? and come out clear?

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from Expeditionary Twitch (2017), released August 5, 2017

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