you know, i’d like to think there’s gossip
behind my back, that i’m a conversation topic
because for a photographer,
sometimes i feel like a ghost
when i never in photos, never fit in my clothes
when i never leave my head, never leave my home
i'm hoping there’s some gossip about me
when i'm gone, people thinking about me
doesn’t feel so wrong, even if it’s mean
if it’s about me, and to be remembered for anything
is better than dying and not being seen
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Author:
jake (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: bleh
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lol
'bleh'
is perfectly fine, dear poet!
(Gertrude Stein, an iconic member/mother figure
to that Paris 'lost generation'
once
on receiving an exam paper
chose to answer, with a single line:
“I am sorry but really I do not feel a bit like an examination paper in philosophy today.”
To this, William James
(yeah, that's 'The' William James)
responded:
“I know exactly how you feel."
and gave her an A mark...)
what am I on about..?
'its ok, to not
feel ok, dear poet
and to worry
about our portraits
in posterity's, reductive light..'
it's all natural, so lament freely
to your heart's content
then get back up, when
you're good n ready
and give it all, another go!
(thanks for sharing)
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