Thursday, November 1, 2007

LOLcat 'Wasteland'

The LOLcat phenomenon was described (if not explained, which would be impossible) in the "Iconography of Boing Boing" slideshow I produced last Sunday. Did you watch the slideshow? If so, you are now prepared to read the most astonishing literary parody of 2007, a LOLcat version of T.S. Eliot's "Wasteland."

"LOLcat Wasteland" was written by Corprew Reed, a Seattle-based software and information architect. It appears on Reed's website, Corprewland.

Here's Part One:

i seez cumean sybil

sybil can has bukkit?

sybil wantz DIE

1. IM IN UR WASTELAND BURYING UR DEAD

april hates u, makes lilacs, u no can has. (1)
april in ur memoriez, making ur desire.
spring rain in ur dull rootzes.

earth in ur winter, covered in snow
can has potato. PO-TA-TO.
INVISIBLE SUMMER! RAININGZES!
im in ur hofgarden, drinking ur coffeez.

at archduke’s haus, invisible sled!
im in ur moutainz, holding on tight.
no can has cheezburger.
oral sex metaphors in ur poem.

in ur stones, whar r treez? (19)
whar r bushez?
ceiling cat cannot say.
im in redrock, hiding from sunz.
commin ze redrock.
im in ur handfull of dust,
showing ur fear.
redrock, redrock.

whar r wind?

INVISIBLE IRISH GIRL

in ur homelandz, freshening ur windz

can has hyacinths,
no can has tongue.
Isolde u down teh rivers.

Sosotris Cat has smartz, (43)
can see bukkit,
dead sailorz in bukkit,
hooked on fonicians.
belladonna in ur rocks,
situating ur situations.
man has three staves,
turning wheelz,
INVISIBLE CARD.
Sosotris Cat no can has hanged man:
avoid bukkit or u drownz.

INVISIBLE CITY (60)
i see dead peoplez under bridge,
i see dead peoplez on der streets,
walrus has clocks, says NEIN.
bodiez in ur garden, sprouting ur zombies
dog no can has zombies!

Read the rest here.

Posted by Joshua Glenn at 02:11 PM

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