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There's this dude on elljay who writes.
Feb. 22nd, 2010 07:16 pmthere's this dude on elljay who writes
verse sometimes its rhythms work and the sense and the euphony
and line lengths all coalesce into almost beautiful cadence
and then you catch his whiny neurotic meaning
and think: ye gods, why do you bother?
why do you bother when your referents
are so closed, so self-referring, and so damn paranoid?
learn to live your life without this pettiness: any bubble
in which you live, even if totally
transparent from the outside
can only be made bearable
without false appeal to the outside.
true, others are
worse than you:
but to make that fact
a source of pride
is the act of a six-year-old.
either grow
or fail of your potential,
and fail in your estimation of yourself.
I've got to stop penning these things to myself. Or indeed anyone else.
I suppose everyone will think it's about them. In these situations I normally cite the American chantuese Carly Simon, who wrote quite a memorable song about William_Donaldson, though there are those who believe it was about Warren Beatty. Yeah, right.
verse sometimes its rhythms work and the sense and the euphony
and line lengths all coalesce into almost beautiful cadence
and then you catch his whiny neurotic meaning
and think: ye gods, why do you bother?
why do you bother when your referents
are so closed, so self-referring, and so damn paranoid?
learn to live your life without this pettiness: any bubble
in which you live, even if totally
transparent from the outside
can only be made bearable
without false appeal to the outside.
true, others are
worse than you:
but to make that fact
a source of pride
is the act of a six-year-old.
either grow
or fail of your potential,
and fail in your estimation of yourself.
I've got to stop penning these things to myself. Or indeed anyone else.
I suppose everyone will think it's about them. In these situations I normally cite the American chantuese Carly Simon, who wrote quite a memorable song about William_Donaldson, though there are those who believe it was about Warren Beatty. Yeah, right.
