Could this be a reason why we write poetry?

"you" in poem refers myself. well, you're never alone schizophrenia...


burial @ sea

put them away, pens , books;
stop rattling on old word processor.
world has had fill of poetry,
drama, emptily rehearsed,
raw, , slick vanity's gleam --
flush oblivion! obscene incubus, let slide
bottomless seas.


obscure sea-burial rises
subtler, more hideous beast, hair
unruly wires, teeth clanking
piano keys, eyes knives,
gibbering , dragging
life, words?

the "you" in poem refers myself. well, you're never alone schizophrenia... burial @ sea put them away, pens , books; stop rattling on old word processor. world has had fill of poetry, drama, emptily rehearsed, raw, , slick with...

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