Two of my “Your Spell Check is Complete” poems, “A Lie Filled With Joy” and “When Man Exploits Manna,” will be published in Angry Old Man Magazine. All lines in them are spell check “misunderstandings” found in my manuscripts over several years.
A LIE FILLED WITH JOY
(YOUR SPELL CHECK IS COMPLETE)
Wit family members
See how it is for meow
A hundred expectant feces
Joint us in the here and now
In the mourning paper
He stooped on a dime
Brining the information
Got there in planet of time
A fresh coast of paint
I spooked sugar in it
Guess didn’t tell their hosts
They just too kit
Doves and pained peace signs
Shared a carton of friend clams
Ran a tongue between her hips
We ha dour plans
We would void the interstate
A pile of male was unopened
Cars trolled past in both directions
To loosen out backs and torsos
A tone of money
An agreeable sediment
Had a goof brunch
Like I jut said
Her big tow
Hair a lot loner
Butt I’m not sure
Ears later he was a goner
Near the sore of Lake Superior
One of the moist exotic cities
Saw myself in a palace
With the backpacks and tenets
On their basketball tram
Until the time I go tout
Spent my precious ash
On a lass of stout Back and froth talk
Overt at my place
A lie filled with joy
Right toe your face
Paul Perilli 