Dead Corpse #1

My friend Jess over at Oddindifference suggested a writing exercise called Dead Corpse. The idea is to continue someone's poem in a stream of consciousness style. This is probably nothing like what she meant, but I wrote this quickly in response to a recent poem of hers (linked to in the title). Not exactly stream of consciousness, but I did really wake up thinking this.

In an abyss of bootleg movies
I gave a casual opinion
about one massively popular:
"That movie bit."
My friend's response was umbrageous:
"You're so opinionated."

Last night I remarked on intellectual laziness
in listening exclusively to the radio
and though to a third party, my thoughts,
my quickly formed comments
became a brouhaha
for a brother behind bars.

This morning I woke
repeating a word
I had
never
heard before:
Vituperous