The Importance of Feigning Poe

Mar 14, 2007 16:23

Hello, I'm Alex, and I had an epiphany just now. If you'll let me, I'd like to share it with you. I'm done thinking I am Poe. The adjectives are all very wonderful, and the hyphens very profound. I'll even grant the person the title of toy-philosopher, but he still harbours the illusion that the 21st century has room for another Poe. Maybe it was just the use of "eternity" that put me off.

I'm sick of writing to achieve intellectuality, or lack thereof, and I will not write purple prose except on (ir-)regular occasion. Purple prose accounts for my feelings towards RPG's, if I might be so frank as to share.

purple prose, e.a. poe

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