On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’ Upon returning to my desk, having left it temporarily in search of biscuits, I discovered my cat had written a poem on my laptop. It was called ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’ and constituted one of her more difficult pieces, but it was the kind of poem which rewarded repeat reading. I was struck by its experimental structure: the absence of line breaks, indeed, not one single space between any of the poem’s 10,000 or so characters. One of the work’s central motifs – ‘jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk’ – was, by turns, unsettling and comforting, while the symbolism of ‘###################’, hinted at our 21st century preoccupation with social media. And who could not be moved by that devastating final line, its message of hope piercing the heart like an arrow: ‘`````````5555=======================’.
– Brian Bilston (pseudonymous British poet, b. 1970)
