My narrative Reportage They said that I made a better storywriter than a poet However, poets get their ideas from stories, But my creativity comes from a glass of Moet Chardon (:) Yesterday, I saw a homeless man got on the train during rush hour He passed right through the crowd and went on his way to the front car and leaned against the moving door
His sudden outburst of laughter made the passengers looked around He was a sight for sore eyes this character, but instead he became my instant story to tell Or behold a Poet laureate mastered piece Dark soiled clothes he wore, his dingy T-shirt he use for a hanky: With empty pocket hanging low, toothless he smile and kept on smiling Slurred speech and some missing toes he became my focus point What’s the use of having lot of money and not sharing? Within those moments, I saw a decade of homelessness within his character An ex-mariner, a husband, a degraded broken hearted soldier, America a failing superpower country: and most of all New York City a FAILING disaster So I began my journey, either to compose a poetry piece or tell my eyewitness story into sections of poetry and fiction:
One of my favorites of Joseph Campbell quotes: Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. ” ― Joseph Campbell