to connect with anything that really matters right now.
I don’t write poetry because my brain tightens up, even as I’m trying to get it loose
and in that state of mind whatever I write sounds far too obtuse.
I don’t write poetry because it requires a depth of feeling
that can hurt and leave me staring blankly up at the ceiling.
I don’t write poetry because I prefer to repress
feelings that real poets struggle to express.
I don’t write poetry because it requires me to admit
that much of my self image is really full of shit
I don’t write it, read it, see it, or feel it.
I put all my effort in trying to conceal it.
Still, sometimes when my feeling state safely submerges,
a poem from some weird place spontaneously emerges.
I do not willingly write poetry because it’s just too risky
I wouldn’t be writing this one if it wasn’t for the whiskey.
