I think I'm in shock.

Mar 27, 2005 17:36


So.  Bad night last night.


I was at my Grandmother's, and in a genuinely bad mood.  Which hasn't happened in forever.  Everyone had gone to sleep by ten, but there were tornadoes on the forecast and I'd had a lot of caffiene, so I stayed up, listening to the rain.  And I realized I was in the perfect mood to write a poem.  Which hasn't happened in forever.  Out came a steno pad and pen....  And nothing happened. 
I've never not been able to write a poem before.  Even if it was just an assignment I didn't really want to do, I could always just scribble something and have it come out passable.  Nothing doing.  I couldn't comprehend it; and I still can't.  It was raining harder and harder, and I just stayed there waiting.  I sat on my bed like that for an hour, because I couldn't think of what else to do.  Finally I realized the problem: this last year has been the happiest of my life.  My poems always began when I was unhappy, and my prose came from my poems. 
In short, this explains why I have nothing good to read on Wednesday.  I have blasted my artwork by being cheerful and self-confident. Well, mercy me. Fuck-a-doodle-doo.

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