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Tellem fuckem - revised

 
Ad-men
Oh so clever,
smug but never
"take the cop"
for the lies they tell
to sell
our unhappiness
to ourselves.

The ad-men smart
their devious arts
designed to makes us
smell our own farts

while they smell theirs
with pleasure,
gold plated,
excremental treasure

tellem fuckem
no, fuckem
tell them nothing.

 

— weirdelf, May 28, 2008

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Region, Country: Sydney, Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: The Romantics, The Mersey Sound, The Beats and, of course, The Bard

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DarkinAZ

18 years ago

Well said,

I do agree with the enternal message here Jess However I think you might have forced this one not my favorite of yours, maybe not edgy or controversial enough! I am becoming used to your writes causeing a stir, as they nip at the raw nerves of others. Good read though, Mark
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

fuck me!

what do I have to do? Bite your entrails? The worst thing you can do to an adman is tell them, respond to them, absolutely nothing. It's why I stopped abbreviating in the last line. cheers, Jess
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DarkinAZ

18 years ago

LOL, Bite my entrails!

I like that, now that gets personal and stirs response... I knew the Jess I look up to as a writer was in there I just had to provoke a bit, to unleash his next attack. Have a great day, friend Mark
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

being an Aussie I'll go and have a piss before I respond

BRB aah, that's better. Being a convict settlement we probably hate cops more than you. But having been subjected to American cultural imperialism through advertising we hate admen even more. Our country is weird. Europeans hated it when they first came here and tried to make it like England but failed miserably. It has it's own alien beauty that even as a poet I can not convey to you. Suffice to say that even the original human inhabitants, the Aborigines, loved as much as feared it. Aussies are fond of kidding tourists about the dangers, but the real danger is spiritual, something that nothing in your religion or philosophy can ever encompass. cheers, Jess
whitetea

whitetea

18 years ago

>

ah, I've heard a lot of the same. Good to have it confirmed by someone in the territory.
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

Man,

given your poetry, your icons, your feedback and your conversation, if i was anyone but me I think I would feel intimidated by you! ROFL cheers, Jess
Frost Smith

Frost Smith

18 years ago

weirdelf...

its hard not to kick someones ass when they keep running into my fist; they shouldn't have been standing there, but you share the same opinion as most my friends, I look like a grizzly but I'm more of a deranged teddy bear. LOL Frost
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

18 years ago

Jess T.

Geeeeeeeez, buddy! Guess y'all don't like authority out there. I can see reason to worry - even here. We're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty; we're not. We have "rights" which prevent self-incrimination; they fail. And the main reasons why myself, Frost, and others go armed is because the police can only help you AFTER a crime has been committed, they have no legal duty to protect you ( I can cite that information if you're interested.), and in cases where seconds count, the cops are minutes away! ~Jess K. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
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DarkinAZ

18 years ago

I second that!!

Pack'n heat is the social standard in Az. Rob an old lady, she just might stick a magnum in your face. Armed citizens = criminals worst fear. Sincerely, Mark
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

silly girl

simple as 1-1 less guns less death not to be politically incorrect, silly boy Frost too cheers, Jess
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rider68

18 years ago

Jess - Tellem fuckem

With a Title like this just had to look, May I quote...This is almost a rant....... Solutions.....hahahaha But seriously liked your thinking on this Jess, I'll stay away from the debate, If I start I won't stop. PPs...Wrong Place Wrong time they will fuck you every time!!!! Best Regards Jess Peter ~~~~~~~~~Creativity Is to think more efficiently~~~~~~~~~~
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

ah ha!

you are picking me up for accusing you of not presenting solutions in one of your rants. Please note, I used correct grammar and punctuation in the last line cheers, Jess
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Alobar

18 years ago

Maybe it’s just me, but

Maybe it's just me, but this strikes me as a rather immature whine, all-be-it legitimate in some cases, but juvenile in execution. It almost seems as though you've fallen to the level of the admen, rather than chosen not to listen. To make an analogy, Willie Nelson wrote some exceptional country music songs, Shania Twain wrote some nice, catchy ditties that sell bubble gum well. This, alas, sticks in the brain like a Shania Twain song rather than an a Nelson. It is a very strong opinion, but the actual poem--you rhymed arts with farts, like in grade school for Christ's sake--cheapens this, lowers it to irrelevance. Your ranting poems are usually filled with strong language, and palatable anger; they usually have teeth. This I find just gums it's way through its topic. "C'mon man," I found myself saying, "sharpen that wit, pull out that club--if you're wanting to fuck'em, then fuck'em, don't just fart in their general direction." Alobar (Just my two cents, spend them on gum if you wish.)
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

Sprung! (Aussie for caught in the act)

You are dead right Aloverabar (improves the complexion) I wrote this in a juvenile pique after watching a show on television where Admen were comedically taking this piss out of their own commercials cheers, Jess
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pinksheep

18 years ago

I'm

sorry to say that i find this poem very clever, thats about the best i can come up with, and the rhythmn is superb-GReat CLoUT it be 'avin, shall we say-
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

18 years ago

Didn't like this one

Smiles:) Barbara I think this is your worse ever written. Actually I form a headache trying to understand the full meaning. The poem whole language is offensive.
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

Good on you Barbara! Thanks for your honesty.

I realised the whole poem was mis-understood by my use of an Australian/English expression "take the cop" With the revision, although the language is no less offensive I hope it makes more sense now, and perhaps even justifies the language a bit. cheers, Jess
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

18 years ago

You are welcome

Smiles:) Barbara Thanks, is much easier to understand, I understand why people feel the way they do about as-men
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

18 years ago

Great Poem

Smiles:) Barbara Ad-men I like how you describe their affect on people. The first three stanza said it well. I feel ad-men have no mercy. Great rewrite
professor

professor

18 years ago

OK Jess

this could be the end of a beautiful relationship, I was an Account exec in an ad agency in London for a couple of years at 17 (yes i was somewhat precocious!!!). I decided it wasn't worth dying for and your poem brought a wry smile...i always knew we were shit hot at making everyone want to buy things they didn't need so fuck us...em indeed. Love the poem
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

thank you

I made a lot of money from advertising from 18 to 21, then couldn't look at myself in the mirror anymore. Went back to school. All ad people are liars wankers and cheats. and pretentious arseholes. I could run out of adjectives. and yes I am speaking about them personally. Fuck them, complete drain on the human race. Utterly worthless and mostly evil human beings. Never met an exception. cheers, Jess p.s. marketing people, all the same but less smart.
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ramanuj

18 years ago

ha ha

but i wont take ur words for it...i didnt meet many ad men, but surely once i met nice ad woman :D why do u say they are worse any one else? than any other fiction writer? didnt granny tell us lies and sell unhappiness to us when she told us fairy tales (well, i dont know if they do that at bed time down under)? isnt advertising an inseparable part of living? can u help but not advertise? (if u allow me to take the arguement to an extreme, arent u advertising ur genius through ur poetry?) happy birthday, ramanuj
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

fairy tales and grannies lies

are supposed to be instructive but certainly can be destructive. And ads can entertain. But advertising is still social excrement, utterly un-necessary except as part of the bloated corporate structure that is destroying the planet. Inseparable? Grow a brain. No I won't allow you to take the argument to that moronic extreme. cheers, Jess
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pinksheep

18 years ago

Jess

i am going to steal some ones words now and say you most definately do not patrol the edges of things, and that is a good thing -Regards-good poetry and advertising are not the same thing, even an idiot like me knows one takes great skill ummmmm which one is that now? I think the person above knows this and is just trying for a reaction, now i come to think-Come to think of it that line does not make sense you advertise your genius through poetry, that means little to me, why it does sorry i can not explain .I'm confused enough as it is without being confused even more, i was happy with they are all worthless wankers,and a really good poem, why spoil this for me when i was beginning to grasp something solid? are you joking person above looking for a reaction IF you are please do not, my regards to you also.
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

Maybe ramanuj was just provoking

but I know too many ignorami who actually believe that rubbish to just laugh it off. So, yes, got a reaction and yes I think ramanuj or the thoughts presented are just bloody stupid. cheers, Jess
Frost Smith

Frost Smith

18 years ago

Umm..

All, I am as guilty as everyone; I've gotten lost & caught up in what went from friendly banter to a debate, now turning hostile; I would suggest we turn our eyes back to the poem and constructive suggestions, critize the poem not the poet. Wierdelf I had no problem understanding your explaination of "cop," like cop to something you did or cop a plea; accountability in other words. Frost
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ramanuj

18 years ago

uh ah

very interesting reaction indeed. easy to lie on ur ass and curse tha satan in hell than to notice the one inside u. i have been reading ur poems, and i must say they are quite interesting and i have developed certain admiration for u. so i had no intention to offend, and i wont say more. silence must b heard cheers
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years ago

no offense taken

I just have a hair-trigger temper. I apologise for being insulting, but not for my opinions. cheers, Jess
RSScheerer

RSScheerer

18 years ago

Jess

Clever little tantrum, for lack of a better word. Most ad-men would just smile and agree with you - as long as they got the sale. For many, this piece would simply validate what they do, insidious bastards that they can be. I do feel for those who are forced into the career by necessity, hating what they do but needing it for survival. In this manner, they have been consumed by the entity of the sale - they have become prey, just as we are to their "devious art." Am I really waxing philosophical about advertising? Someone stop me! Best, Ronda