Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Disclosing a Little Info

Currently, I've only flipped through a few pages of Disclosure, but it did give me an idea for a poetry draft. Since Disclosure seems focused on documentation, I thought it would be neat to do a poem based on the questions asked on applications for certain documents like a passport app. It's a bit of a combination between 2500 Random Things and Disclosure. I'm not sure if it works, but it was still kind of fun to write. 

Passport Pass Through

SURNAME: That sounds masculine. If I were French, would that be the masculine spelling of my last name?
GIVEN NAME(S): It'd be neat if we got to pick our own names at birth. I'd probably be writing "Miss Princess" here if that were the case. 
SURNAME AT BIRTH: I wonder how many babies take their mother's last name at birth? I read somewhere that you can name a baby whatever you want -- it doesn't have to have the same last name as either parent. Hello, Miss Princess Oftheworld!
FORMER SURNAME: What if you've been married like three times? I don't think there's enough spaces for three different last names. 
DATE OF BIRTH: The 6th. 
PLACE OF BIRTH: The hospital.
SEX: Is it cliched to say "yes, please"?
EYE COLOUR: Green -- no, wait. I think it's hazel. Yellow?
CURRENT HAIR COLOUR: Does anyone truly have natural, un-dyed hair anymore? 
HEIGHT: Tall for a girl.
WEIGHT: Size 8. That's all you need to know.

I'm not sure how to finish it, so any suggestions are welcome!

2 comments:

  1. I think the way you've ended it is awesome! That's such a neat idea, to answer those classic boring form questions in a way one actually thinks when they read them. Also, I love how you've added questions as if to turn it into a conversation. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. I think your poem has a fun joking kind of feeling to it, which makes it more fun to read than if you had just answered the questions normally. I like what you've got so far!

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