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Perfectly Cromulent Poems
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One poem a day, inspired (if loosely) by each episode of The Simpsons.
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“Some Enchanted Evening” (S01 E13) What’s unseen in the scene sits to the side— “Until then they can watch a tape from our video library.” A rabbit ear archive behind magnets, glass and fake wood veneer.
January 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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“Krusty Gets Busted” (S01 E12) From here inside the display cartoon labels on cartoon chips hidden from a world drawn to danger we can never approach. “The opportunity to prove yourself a hero is long gone.” Instead we watch slides across eight carousels memory built like light passing through.
January 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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“The Crepes of Wrath” (S01 E11) This distance is nothing but awareness “Maybe Lisa’s right about America” either from age or from time “being the land of opportunity” a filter of experience, of reference “And maybe Adil has a point” jumbled files saved “about the machinery of capitalism” to be reviewed toward the top of the cycle “being oiled with the blood of the workers.”
January 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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“Homer’s Night Out” (S01 E10) Deep in a contemporary past details distinguish how it was and will be. “Are you on the television or something?” Again I was here, but this is their then flip it around and we could be now.
January 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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“Life in the Fast Lane” (S01 E09) “34 years old.” Time passes while preserved “Time enough to start over” perspective pops around “You can’t bowl without a lane” as I was at the time through the future a temporary present.
January 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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“The Telltale Head” (S01 E08) Here we are in media res “How long will this story take?” “About 23 minutes and five seconds.” I ask about structure unaware this uncertainty from my spot on the couch will become a bookmark
January 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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“Call of the Simpsons” (S01 E07) The deal worked, this camping trip forever tied to hamburgers. “The Simpsons have entered the forest.” An adventure collected in commercials across decades.
January 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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“Moaning Lisa” (S01 E06) Moon blue as the mood behind him on a bridge. “A simple cupcake will give me no pleasure.” Tonight we find reflections in jazz.
January 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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“Bart the General” (S01 E05) I remember this speech my own a hypothetical “I’ll just change ‘Otto von Bismarck’ to read ‘Bart Simpson.’” It wasn’t my war any more than his but a best guess across generations.
January 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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“There’s No Disgrace Like Home” (S01 E04) their positions reversed from what’s to come for them, for us “It’s a greatness that others can’t see.” a resolution through other windows
January 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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“Homer’s Odyssey” (S01 E03) I had him on a trading card “our no-longer misunderstood friend” a memory of a memory forgotten like the film strip replica drawn for their childhood in my own.
January 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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“Bart the Genius” (S01 E02) The town is quiet early on “No beer. No opera dogs.” curved lines alive in shapes to be smoothed.
January 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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“Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” (S01 E01) Elsewhere another world this stood alone remembered each Christmas “If TV has taught me anything.” cultural touchstone as obscurity
January 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM