Pome: ‘It’s A Novel About Plot - That Is The Literature In It’

What is plot, what is fiction? Pic: Scott Fletcher

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‘It’s A Novel About Plot - That Is The Literature In It’

when you got no more guilt to give

and the violinist plays an ode

and the breezes of your youth return

and the sax is a trumpet masquerading as a lute

then all you have to hear is the dudette in the cornerbar as she cradles a tall glass of tea and watches the rain come down out in the streets like elephants and tigers:::

‘it’s a novel ABOUT plot - THAT is the LITERATURE in it’

she says