Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Why I Write, Part x+276: Petty Revenge

You told me I couldn't; that I'd quit, and thus fail.
This meter's the rhythm to which I shake my tail.
You told me my passion's a big waste of time.
Each new poem is my middle finger, in rhyme.
Every artist has critics, and each man enemies,
and they bite, and they suck, like mosquitoes or fleas.
But unlike the insects I'd rather avoid,
My critics I spite, pouring words in the void.
If I could, I'd leave all of them buried in those,
Under verses and rhyme, and a mountain of prose.

Why I Write, Part x+275: My Passion to Write Something Good

While my passion to just play with words
Is frequently delighted,
My passion to write something good
Remains yet unrequited.
The fact that my next project
Will forever be my best
Was once a fledgling theory
Longing deeply for a test.
I once struggled getting started,
and I wondered simply “how,”
But that young theory passed the test
O're two thousand times by now.
'Tween my works that are in progress
and those that simply are,
An apple and an orange grove
Are the closer pair by far.
There's no sense comparing my work,
A pig-farm's worth of turds,
And new, God-inspired concepts
Unsullied by my words.