I Have Been Her

I Have Been Her

I have been her

the belletrist

the poet

the raconteur

walking in kicked up dust

hiding behind dappled masks

truncated by crippling fear

I have been her

lithe and elegant

superbly refined

minor in substance & scope

the chronicler

the storyteller

the nonconformist

I have been her

occupied by aesthetics

operating under the old guise

no intricacy is too exclusive

the graceful danseur

the faithful maiden

the prosperous parallel

I have been her

the permanence of spilt ink

pilfered in such pretty ways

crying loud in a lonesome wail

unlikely parts for a perpetual dreamer

I have been her

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I have not been able to write a word in days.  Blank pages and blinking cursors have been thwarting me, taunting me but tonight, even after a frustrating Monday at my 9 to 5, I was able to bang out a little poem.  I was so tired when I got home, too beat to cook so I ordered pizza, too bleary to watch TV so I listened to two great installments of 'Play It Forward' - the first with Adam Baldwin and the second with Evan Meisner from Gloryhound.  Listening to both of those guys wax poetic and talk honestly about their craft sparked a little something in me.  I haven't moved from the kitchen table since I got home.  I listened, ate, drank and then broke out the poetics.  Even though my noodle is completely wasted on numbers, I was grateful to tap into my creativity even for only one poem.  I needed words today, desperately.

Oh, I saw 'Wolf Of Wall Street' yesterday.  The lure of course being the Leo factor.  It was bum-numbing long but I did see his bum and Jonah Hill's teeth made me laugh.  What a story.  Excess, greed and gluttony - whatever you want to call it, that guy was a grabber.  Leo's performance was stunning but in the end even his talents didn't make my empathy swell for a scoundrel.  Was it supposed to?  Maybe I was just grumpy from all of this horrid winter weather hanging around.  I'm really looking forward to seeing '12 Years A Slave'.  I am behind on my Oscar fodder.  Terrible film fan I am. 

Take a peek at this incredible song by a most excellent Dartmouth boy, doing the East Coast proud.

You can download is six song EP on iTunes now.  It's worth it and there are some excellent rock songs you can dance to.  Fast and slow.  His songs belong in your ears.

In propinquity,

Nic