march 18th, 2001 / seven fourty three pm

everyone is a poet
no matter how much they aren't
they will still attach themselve to the idea of
"i'm a deep person, i write poetry."
which couldn't be further from the truth
writing poetry for the enjoyment of it is one thing
but writing poetry to be some self concieved notion of a "poet" is another.
i'm not a poet, nor will i ever claim to be
i write the things i see
sometimes the things i feel
cummings, now he was a poet
kerouac as well,
but you?
no.

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