Perspective
*For the Epistolary Challenge*
Dear reality,
I've got the block again...
can feel it pressing on me
the way it does,
like the walls have eyes
that never sleep.
You're always the fix.
I can always bring it
with you.
You give me that juice
that fire, that action I need
to shoot from the hip.
You're my revelry.
But I don't know why I continue
to do this,
why I torture myself this way
staring into the abyss
of bums and hacks
that think themselves writers.
They are soft and squishy
no heat, no fucks, no hate
no love.
They are missing something primal
something intimate (maybe you?)
too concerned with form
and sniffing their own farts.
The world doesn't need anymore
fart sniffers.
We reached our quota
with them frauds in the 19th century:
Wordsworth with his daffodils and
wanting to fuck his sister.
Manley Hopkins crying for God in the slums of Dublin
after his own people
ravished and raped it until
there was nothing left but
plague & death.
Thoreau lost in the woods
somewhere, romanticising
into his pillow like a 14 year old schoolgirl
his cabin, stinking of farts.
The only one who faced the music
was poor Dickinson,
locked in her room
dancing with the Devil
blasting her typewriter
like a machine gun into the
night.
And God bless her everyone said
she was crazy,
but maybe she was the only
sane one left.
Because while all these
blue blood aristocrats
blew hot smoke
about their love of man and
fetishsised nature,
the blacks were still in chains
and the Irish were beaten like dogs
for speaking their mother tongue
and 10 year old boys crawled
the coal mines beneath the earth.
______________
Where were their poems
about that ?
Sincerely yours,
Nobody
About the Creator
Dean F. Hardy
Writer from Dublin, Ireland.
*All work here is owned by Dean F. Hardy*
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Comments (17)
Substantial Writing 📝👍❤️
Awesome, courageous, and true! 🥰😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Wow… Your blunt yet passionate energy when you write this is so breath taking and refreshing Dean! Your take on the world and reality left me frozen in shock and delight. I can relate to the way you paint the world and I really appreciate it! This was such a thought provoking and engaging piece! I am inspired by the passion with which you write! So eye opening and breath taking, Dean!
Powerful!!💖
ooof. Dean, I love your writing, brother. Anytime I wonder if I'm being a bit too blunt in my own, I read your words and find myself inspired. Your courage-to-call-out is exemplary. This piece is awesome. Love your bit about Dickinson. Too true there. And your final thought -- question -- is so abrupt. Like a crash-test-car hitting a wall. What an impact. It leaves the reader with no choice but to face that question head-on. Brilliant work.
I think I can feel the heat of the fire that was lit under your bottom when you wrote this. Amazing 😁
Excellent words should be a Top Story
Quite Good.
Raw and uncensored! This was the correct tone to convey the intended message. I definitely left a heart. Here is an extra one, 🖤 for opening my eyes.
Solid job on this, Dean. The frustration is palpable and genuine! I admire the honesty here.
This is fantastic. Love it.
Powerful, deep, and thought-provoking! I connected with so many of these lines but also learned so much from others. Great work! 😍
Please continue to torture yourself with the craft. Your madness is sane. ❤️
Where were the poems? Awesome....I love this
Wow another great piece. I felt this deeply.
I don’t have adequate adjectives to express how I felt reading this. Just know that it inspired me.
This was SO GOOD- Favorite line: “blasting her typewriter like a machine gun into the night” Phew! Freakin’ awesome! Amazing work, Dean!