Two weeks ago, Jay Bonti gave his class a poem entitled "Opposites." He was ready for revisions, but maybe not as many as he's going to get — fourteen of them, if everyone in the class does their own version. The only rule is not to put in any new words. Words can be taken out, and everything else is changeable.
Here are three remixes of Jay's poem. The original, you ask? It's gotta be somewhere...look for it here soon.
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by Jay Bonti / Sarah Shulman
Every day, sometimes,
almost always, sometimes, I think of you.
We can accomplish anything, Everything. Being "us" is the reason.
Day becomes night, night becomes day. Here we still stand.
Different pieces of everything, clustered within, come out during times of rejoicing.
Us. We have peace. We live in a world of opposites, but you and I are not one. |
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Every day by Jay Bonti / Green Hill
I spend every day with you Sometimes, almost always I think of you
We swim in the sun Ants march between our toes Watch out gentle giants
I caress your hair so lush I peer over Your tops untied Sweat rolls down your spine night and day become one and moon and sun
There’s an opposite to everything There’s an opposite of everyone I am my own ransom
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As by Jay Bonti / Renee Waller
As I caress your hair, to the touch so lush, the smell, so sweet it could be a crush.
As day and night become one, everything has an opposite. Are you mine?
As I look into your eyes,
I see the sun rise against the starry night,
and we are still together. We can accomplish anything. Everything is possible because of us.
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