Scrap Metal Furniture
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First of all, your avatar is a great album I want to go listen to. Second of all, I've always loved the Bob Dylan line you have in your signature. 

Anyway, on to the poem! 

(01-01-2016, 10:00 AM)Wjames Wrote:  The secret patio
behind Sanagan’s Meat Locker
smelt like fresh cut pine,
and the greenhouse bistro I don't really know what this means, but I really like it. 
beside the neighbourhood bridal boutique I think this line would work better either without "neighborhood" or with a shorter word in its place. 
bustled with hard-to-find streetwear, Don't think you need this comma here. Especially since you separate the first three lines from the next with a comma. The comma here makes me feel like the retro-inspired staples are disconnected from the streetwear, but my impression is that you are saying the store sells both. 
and retro-inspired staples. 

Across the street, local moms
dedicated to the Japanese otona trend The word "dedicated" seems to me to be a bit awkward here. I think "devoted" would sound better, giving you a little assonance with "otona". I'd consider removing "Japanese" too, because I think otona speaks for itself. It's not like there's a Portuguese otona that people will think of instead when they read this. 
bought unisex shades and muted fabrics
at Daub and Design, while a man in a tuque I had to google tuque. Had no idea that was the word for that type of cap. So now I'm happy I have a new word to use!
smoked pristine status accessories
outside the trendy cafe-slash-menswear-shop I like writing out slash there instead of using a slash, even though it makes the line a bit long. 
on Ossington.
All in all, I rather like it. I feel like it might be missing something, maybe another stanza or another line somewhere to make it a bit more meaningful to people that haven't read that magazine that you have. But I really like what you have so far, it feels to me like a nice little light parody of the sort of trendy hipster-yuppie aesthetic that's become so popular these days in many cities.
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Scrap Metal Furniture - by Wjames - 01-01-2016, 10:00 AM
RE: Scrap Metal Furniture - by aschueler - 01-01-2016, 10:46 PM
RE: Scrap Metal Furniture - by Wjames - 01-02-2016, 03:33 AM
RE: Scrap Metal Furniture - by Apache - 01-02-2016, 04:41 AM
RE: Scrap Metal Furniture - by REW - 01-02-2016, 09:28 AM
RE: Scrap Metal Furniture - by Mcfair - 01-04-2016, 12:17 AM



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