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" watch your tense and case

oh baby
i want to be your direct object.
you know, that is to say
i want to be on the other
side of all the verbs i know
you know how to use.

i've seen you conjugate:
i touch
you touched
you heard
she knows
who cares

i'm interested in
a few decent prepositions:
above, over, inside, atop,
below, around and
i'm sure there are more
right on the tip of
your tongue.

i am ready to spend
the present perfect
splitting your infinitive
there's an art to the way you
dangle your participle and

since we're being informal it's okay to
use a few contractions, like
wasn't (going to)
shouldn't (have)
and a conjunction:
but (did it anyway)

and i'm really really glad
you're not into dependent
clauses since all i'm really
interested in is your
bad, bad grammar
and your exclamation point. "

Daphne Gottlieb , Pelt


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Daphne Gottlieb quote : watch your tense and case <br /><br />oh baby<br />i want to be your direct object.<br />you know, that is to say<br />i want to be on the other<br />side of all the verbs i know<br />you know how to use.<br /><br />i've seen you conjugate:<br />i touch<br />you touched<br />you heard<br />she knows<br />who cares<br /><br />i'm interested in<br />a few decent prepositions:<br />above, over, inside, atop,<br />below, around and<br />i'm sure there are more<br />right on the tip of<br />your tongue.<br /><br />i am ready to spend<br />the present perfect<br />splitting your infinitive<br />there's an art to the way you<br />dangle your participle and<br /><br />since we're being informal it's okay to<br />use a few contractions, like<br />wasn't (going to)<br />shouldn't (have)<br />and a conjunction:<br />but (did it anyway)<br /><br />and i'm really really glad<br />you're not into dependent<br />clauses since all i'm really<br />interested in is your<br />bad, bad grammar<br />and your exclamation point.