How are writers born? What do they suffer? Do writers have to be famous? Are writers so used by readers and the characters and the stories? Does every writer end up all right?
1 "Sammy baby You’ve got all these voices in your head, baby"
"Is that a bad thing, mom? Is that gonna hurt me, mom?"
2 "No, Sammy baby, cause You’re a writer baby You’ve got all these voices in your head You’re a star baby and all these people want your hands They’re screaming to come out They’re saying: 'Let us out' cause you’re a writer baby"
2 "They talk to me, mom They say: 'Please, Sammy – give us a name; tell our story'"
“Cause you’re a writer, baby Sammy and it doesn’t matter if you live unknown and be famous after you die But you’re a writer and you do what you must do Give voice to these people and all their lives You may become awkward socially and grow old to be a recluse but with ‘em people in your head and as a writer, you’ll be perfect My Sammy, baby cause you’re a writer, baby I carried you to be a writer You’re born to be a writer Sammy baby, Sammy baby"
But sometimes it gets so lonely, mom…they only want to talk when they want; then they leave me alone, unwanted…used…and you’ve left me too, mom…you’re nowhere in the rooms or anywhere…
...poem based on the lives of various writers like J.D. Salinger and Kafka, to name just two...