But Let's Be Clear....


This is NOT a collection of Poetry.
They’re formatted to LOOK like Poetry.
But they’re not Poetry. 

Poetry soars, sings, moves mountains.
Poetry requires depth of thought
   and of structure.
Poetry requires artfulness and crafting.
Poetry requires editing.
These are the end result of
   none of the above. 

They are each only a scrap,
   a transitory thought,
   a fleeting image or event,
   found amid the clamour,
   picked up in passing,
   dashed down in the moment,
   never edited,
   sometimes not even complete. 

Never going to be Poetry.
 

‘SCABBER’ (noun) - A scabber is a person continually open to the possibility of finding small cultural artefacts, of very subjective value, unintentionally left by the wayside. 

‘SCABBING’ (verb) - This is the act of stopping and picking up small cultural artefacts, of very subjective value, unintentionally left by the wayside, and choosing to keep them for later evaluation. 

‘SCABBANALIA’ (col noun) – This is a collection of small cultural artefacts... (blah blah blah) ...where each item has been studied by the scabber and deemed to be of an interesting enough nature to draw comment when displayed. However, only in the context of its fellow artefacts does it become true scabbanalia. (Oddly, there is no word in the English language for a scabbed cultural artefact in the singular, as any one of these objects in isolation is simply rubbish).
One scabbanalia, for example (on a wall nearby)...

an Anzac Day badge
a Toyota wheel trim centre
a Ford Dealer key tag
a Co Kerry fridge magnet
a painfully kitsch plaster Aussie swagman
a UK flag patch (quite frayed)
a badge from the “NBA Western Conference”
a pink Martian
a yellow Martian
a green Martian
a Ford name badge
a Perth WA boomerang
a very classy Ghia badge
a BMW wheel trim centre
a lapel badge saying “Jock’s 18th”
five hearts (assorted, none broken)
a blue 1971 Dodge Demon coupe
a Nissan wheel trim centre
a “Guinness For Strength” fridge magnet
a badge saying “Sing Australia 2006”
an aluminium Rivers work-clothes tag
a spreadeagled blue teddy, very flat
a card reading “Hop On One Leg For 30 Seconds”
a badge with a “Rav X” logo
a cast Nissan object of unknown application
a badge reading “World’s Best 70 Year Old”
the left hand end of an Irish EU number plate
a Father Xmas
a badge with a “Lucky Star” logo
a grey plastic elk
an expensive Jimmy Choo tie-mounted name tag
a clip with a “Handybar” logo
a card saying “Thank You Jordanne & Ashley”
a super heroes badge
ten coins from the four corners of the earth
an “888 Poker Lounge” members card
three terribly cutesy cats mounted in a row
and an Eiffel Tower that may,
    or may not,
    be diamond-encrusted
 
             T.R.E. (2017)

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