Hacking Poetry

Of the new terminology to come out of the internet and blog-o-sphere, one of the words I just can't stand is hacking, followed closely of course by blog-o-sphere (which is not sphere like at all). I don't know why is bothers me so much but it just seems that they apply it to anything, from life-hacks, which apparenty make like better, to an article I just read called Hacking Tokyo, which is about cool things to do in Tokyo for less money. Ten years ago it bothered me when people called crackers hackers, but that isn't a big deal anymore and the general term hackers applies to both groups it seems (it used to be that the difference was that while both groups would break into secure systems only crackers would do so with malious intent). If I remember correctly though there were also hackers before then that refered to individuals that worked with machinery and possibly something before that. I'll have to check the OED sometime. Perhaps we can go back as far and call Roman soldier hackers... perhaps not.
But as usually I am going to try and make a poem out of something I hate. I don't know why I get the urge it just seems that if I dislike something so much that I might as well try my hand at it and see where it takes me. So onward.

Poetry Hack

Openning up the side panel of a poem can be a very scary thing indeed.
Wire and flashing lights,
it looks like a sci-fi convention in there.
The scattered circuits buzz away regardless of my presence,
but still I must be careful,
for if I am discovered who knows the trouble I will bring down.
For this realm is not for the weak hearted,
this is the poetry underneath the words.
This is poetry without its skin and it so transparent
that I think it might not actually exist.
But it needs tweaking and that is why I am here,
it needs to be brought back, needs meanings reattatched.
And so I am hacking away,
making line better and rhymes clearer.
or am I?

Copyright 2008 William Curb

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