As soon as Rushamkin wrote that in his diary, he knew it was genius; "That's Poetry!" he thought. Little did he know he was the worst poet in the world.
What was his life like? Rushamkin's lover put it succinctly: "you're lonely and sexually frustrated". He liked to think that those things made him a better poet; but in fact, it had made him exponentially worse.
Being horny and alone (a-hornlone, as scientists call it) made him find all women poetic. Of his overweight, middle-aged neighbor, Raquel Klurngsteen, he wrote the following poem:

You Are A Wilting Flower
Sitting on a Bun of Jelly
Rolled Around Your Towers
Cellulite Butt, Great Round Belly
I Dive Into Thee
It took Rushamkin three weeks and 12 drafts to complete that masterwork.
(Klurngsteen on Vacation)
He once wrote an ode to his Kitten, Mrs. Sparklepants, called "Oostie Woogums". The poem was so bad, that after reading it, Sparklepants killed herself with a single shot from a .45 calibre handgun.

Was there anyone worse than Rushamkin? Only one person came close: 12-year old Sara Schlongberg, author of "River Of Dispare [sic]" a biting metaphor for her parents recent divorce.
So Rushamkin went about his daily business, writing and writing, never knowing that he was the worst poet in the world. He died tragically at the age of 32 after trying to smoke a stick of butter.
2 comments:
we're having an office debate: who or what is that on her socks? my colleague says it's snoopy, i think it's the man from the eraserhead poster.
i think it's an artist's rendering of snoopy as Jack Nance.
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