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A consideration of 'Distraction Theory' which states that...
by Laura Doom(Full Title)
A consideration of 'Distraction Theory', which states that an extravagantly lengthy title should be regarded as a device designed to divert the
reader's attention away from deficits in both style and substance within the body of a poem, thereby preserving any pretensions to credibility to
which the writer might be desperately clinging - unless, of course, the reader is also a practitioner of the aforementioned device, in which case all
credibility is lost.
hmm...
No way - so unfair!
Yep - sounds plausible to me.
01/21/2008 Author's Note: For a modest sum, to be negotiated, the author may be persuaded to disclose the identity of the person who really pissed me off today the person who established Distraction Theory.
heh
Posted on 01/21/2008
Copyright © 2025 Laura Doom
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Rhiannon Jones on 01/21/08 at 12:37 AM Oh, lordie this is way too funny...just today I was debating myself on the the critically important question of whether i ought to start creating longer titles, in the hope of being read more. I am rolling on the floor! |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/21/08 at 03:51 AM A nice literary kick in a very specific area. As always, I'm glad it wasn't aimed at me. That brick probably hurt something fierce. |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 01/21/08 at 11:05 PM Quite ingenious. Glad I'm not the person who pissed you off, this drips of irony. And now...back to out regularly scheduled program...
*~Chelle~* |
| Posted by Max Bouillet on 01/22/08 at 12:19 AM Distraction theory, in your case, leads to in traction theory. Whereby the person employing said device makes the mistake of traveling within your websights and falls prey to a lengthy title that ends in ridicule. ;) Gods! I love reading you. :) |
| Posted by Anita Mac on 01/22/08 at 01:32 AM lol... Well then. In general I agree with you, though I have found exceptions. I'm not ruining that natural joy and light thing again by admitting this, am I? ;oP |
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