Wednesday, 19 December 2007

I hate you like a cleaner hates a stain
I hate you like Charley now hates her “fame”
I hate you like a Tabby hates Great Danes
So you can see it running miles
Like a murderer hates his trial
I hate you like an oily pan hates water
I hate you like a cop hates a fraudster
I hate you like a Vegan hates to slaughter
So they protest and have riots
Like fat people hate diets
I hate you like Nazi’s hate Jews
I hate you like fiction hates the news
I hate you like winners hate to lose
I hate you.

I love you like a book loves it’s pages
I love you like mums love to take ages
I love you like rich men love their wages
So they can rub it in people’s faces
Like cameras love exotic places
I love you like a dog loves his master
I love you like worshippers love their pastor
I love you like racers love to go faster
So they can experience the thrill
Like a carpenter loves his drill
I love you baths love bubbles
I love you like bad boys love their troubles
I love you like maths loves doubles
I love you.

I need you like a printer needs paper
I need you like a toy needs a maker
I need you like clouds need vapour
So they can show how pretty they are
Like the sky needs a star
I need you like a dictionary needs words
I need you like a nest needs a bird
I need you like a lecturer needs to be heard
So they can get through their point
Like a bone needs it’s joint
I need you like a door needs a key
I need you like dogs need to wee
I need you like a doctor needs a PHD
I need you

1 comment:

  1. Positively dripping in fresh and original similes. Well done on catching up so effectively, shani. I knew you could do it!

    The best similes here are where the simile itself truly reveals something apt and powerful about the emotion it is describing; for example, "like a toy needs a maker" suggests the narrator feels like they do not exist without the other person, and that they feel the other person makes them what they are, completes them, if you like. Do you see what I mean?

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