# Presenting - the Straight Dope Message Board Poetry Sweatshop Anthology!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-straight-dope-message-board-poetry-sweatshop-anthology/514227>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 18, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-straight-dope-message-board-poetry-sweatshop-anthology/514227 "2009-10-18T17:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-straight-dope-message-board-poetry-sweatshop-anthology/514227/21 "2009-10-18T18:43:24Z")

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Well done, everyone!

The voting thread has been established with a poll [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536398). It will close in three days to give as many people as possible a chance to read and ponder the submissions. Once again, many thanks and congratulations to all of the poets for their great work!

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**Author:** ![Smorfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Smorfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smorfie)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-straight-dope-message-board-poetry-sweatshop-anthology/514227/22 "2009-10-18T22:26:11Z")

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An Ode to Air Travel:

Flight overbook’d? (Oh what a treat!)  
Or poorly-Buttocked are the seats?  
Eschew corporeal transportation  
Travel by Transubstantiation

Bear with me while I explain:  
Morph yourself into a wafer.  
Travel crisply on a plane  
Then reverse; it’s likely safer.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-straight-dope-message-board-poetry-sweatshop-anthology/514227/23 "2009-10-19T13:09:57Z")

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Didn’t end up being available during the correct hour last night. But just for kicks, I’ll post something anyway.

> [@](#):
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> **The last time you laughed.**
> 
> I remember, you  
> grinned, “buttocked?”  
> You laughed. I remember.
> 
> Flesh turns to food. You  
> and I turned from flesh.  
> A real transubstantiation
> 
> it’s been.
> 
> The last time you laughed  
> but we got overbooked

Though it’s a late submission, I do want to register, on my honor, that I wrote it within an hour of the time I read the three words.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-straight-dope-message-board-poetry-sweatshop-anthology/514227/24 "2009-10-19T13:15:42Z")

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Ah, I just realized the word was “overbook” not “overbooked.” Well, I like it anyway, and I’m glad the challenge spurred me to write it.

Actually, I think picking a random word or two to use is maybe a really good idea for actually producing actual work, not just for playing games.

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