You are about to enter the realm of my writings... I don't like to call it poetry, because I don't really consider myself a poet. And I don't really like much the word "poet". I have turned to a quote from Henry Rollins, to fully explain my feelings on the words poet and poetry. Thank you Henry for saying what I have been struggling to say.
The P word is poetry, and I don't like to use that word. I think poetry is for poets...cappuccino drinking, beret wearing, fake ass mustache having, striped shirt wearing, Velvet Underground adoring, poets. Leaking, sniveling, moist clammy handed guys who can't get any. I just go up and express myself freely - that's what we call a euphemism for talking shit. When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension, especially in the poetry business. "I'm a poet." If someone said to me "I'm a poet," I'd immediately hate him. I'd say, "You're a dick."
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