I'm starting to believe that small towns
are innoculations against boredom-
if you can find colour in a place like this
you'll be impervious to everything staying the same
for the rest of your life.
Of course you'd better hope you don't get
too strong a dose-
it could kill you.
At the very least, you'll get sick.
Then again, with all the hypodermics lying around this place
I'm sure there are worse innoculations you could get.
Give me hephatitis
over hating the cynical, spiteful
uninspired person I'm becoming
any day.
Any day.
Any day, things will change.
(I need this song- the escape that never was-
surgically removed from my head, please).
You'd better hope you're impervious to everything staying the same
for the rest of your life
by the time you get out of here.
Because no one ever escapes small towns.
If I had a way with words, I'd express it better.
But as it is
the words just have their way with me
and leave me spent.
You'd better hope you're impervious to everything staying the same.
Because any day now, things will change.
Any day.
Author notes
Vomitblarghvomit.
Writing through a block and nothing creative will come out; but I've been blocked for months now, so I'm trying to shift it manually. Bear with me, hopefully I'll be back to my less-mundane and disappointing self soon enough.
Please tell me what you think
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Thought provoking for sure. I have so missed you and your work. I truly hope that all is well with you. There is no need to ask to bear with you when what you write is so much more than bearable my dear. Best wishes and God Bless...
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Oh Marc,you are a treasure,even your writers block is thought provoking,loved the give me hepatitus and the references to innoculations for there are cures and salves for most things but not for everything,what a headbanging lyric this would make for all those with minds weighted and waiting for release,perhaps :
"give me hepatitis,dermatitus or polycystic ovaries,
take my smallest room,the womb via hysterectomy
but dontcha ever,no,no,ever,ooh whoo hoo ever
take away my creativity"
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Whaaa-
-t an amazing poem... I struggled to get it reading it through the first time, but the second time, I think (THINK!
) I understood it a bit better. Your words are wide and well-written. I loved this poem. Well done. b.
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"If I had a way with words, I'd express it better.
But as it is
the words just have their way with me"
Awesome... I know exactly how that feels sometimes.
The middle bit feels a bit forced, and the song title reference is overly esoteric, and limits the potential audience for the piece.
Otherwise, it really grabbed me, being from a semi-small town myself, and having spent a lot of time in small rural towns in Canada, I know exactly what you mean. It's very well put. -
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Haha, thank you so awesomely for your timeand input. Honestly, the entire thing is forced. Just trying to shift a block. You've raised some extremely helpful points, though
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It's not your best.
But not your worst, either.
BECAUSE YOUR WORST DOESN'T EXIST!!
Honestly, I think you critique yourself too harshly, my love.
It's really hard to write through a block, and you wrote something that has perfect imagery and amazing depth and meaning.
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