A Poem by Les Merton

O.K.

if you can accept   the treble space

as

            a line break

and the lowercase i 

                        as someone emphasising

                                                this is me

[u cud b red ee 4 unconventional txt]

                                                and understand

UPPERCASE LETTERS in a sentence that

            SCREAM TO THE POINT OF DISTRACTION

And be quoted as thinking ART is a ----

---- diverse range of human activities

            !!!! stop right now !!!!

concentrate I’ll be asking

            ????????????

for $$$$$ * ££££ prizes

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Being creative: writing, publishing, editing, performing is a way of life for Cornishman Les Merton who lives in Redruth, Cornwall. He's just edited compiled and published Dialect Poetry an anthology of British regional dialect. He believes use it or lose it applies to all forms of dialect.