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Another Lonely Poem

I’m sick of this chapter.

I’m sick of science fiction and horror and fables.

I should be able to choose my own genre.

Fantasy.

It doesn’t really work that way.

 

When someone writes a poem. The poem exists. It doesn’t have a choice.

It has to be read. It has to be printed. It has to be spoken.

Forever.

Until the day the author removes it from the shelf and the binding goes stale.

 

I was the kid in 3rd grade who would skip to the end of the book to see if the rest was worth reading.

I am that kid.

And I am sick of reading.

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Feb 12, 2013
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