Let the frantic words of a caffeinated mind flow forth: I shouldn’t write poetry when I drink coffee. I shouldn’t drink four cups of coffee at 3am With the intent to squeeze poetry out of my shaking fingers. Seriously, I have to **** after every stanza. How am I supposed to keep on track? I can’t, I tell you, So let’s just mark this up as postmodernist – You know, the sort of art that is actually ****, That shouldn’t be considered art, Like that exhibition full of pictures of ******* (No, seriously, that exists); That’s what this is.
The only effect I can hope to achieve is irony, Or humor, possibly. It’s about time I stop writing about love and life, Like I’m trying too hard to be taken seriously. Maybe that’s the way it is for a young writer, Like I’m screaming in the street: “Hey, pay attention to me! I’ve experienced things and apply pseudo-elegant words to them, Then call it poetry!”
You want to know the truth? I don’t want to work a routine job. I don’t like the way the world works, And I’m scared of being still. So here I am, writing and drawing and taking ******* pictures With the faint hope that my creativity may, Some day, Be worth your time, Ask valuable questions. Spark valuable thoughts, Give you an escape, And pay the **** bills.