I was listening to Rubber Soul
while reading poetry and
poets' self-written biographies
(which I think, by definition, are actually
autobiographies) and
I thought about a Vietnamese poet
whom I have read a lot
and then about
John Lennon and
George Harrison
and then
I couldn't handle it anymore.
Afterwards,
I blew my nose,
looked for and got Help! ,
re-started my computer,
which was making
not-so-funny noises,
wrote this and wondered
Is it another piece of shit
or am I just falling apart again -
or both?
God, I could use a shower
(and it's cloudy outside too) .
As an afterthought or three,
my computer is nice and quiet now
and my new medicine is
kicking in.
I'm taking a few deep breaths and
telling myself,
'Calm down, dude.'
And the lyrics end:
'What you see is me.'
Jeffrey Philip Clegg
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-broken-warrior-reigns-again/
