How To Write Like Largo

[Jacob]

Go ahead and assume that everything here is intentional. 


How To Write Like Largo

Don’t talk about the weather
Deaden your senses
Close your eyes- 
          plug your nose- 
          cover your ears- 
          rip out your tongue
Leap gladly into a lake of fire
Reach out past the cave in which you sleep
Tell me what is happening

Don’t talk about death
Life is endless- 
          the everlasting- 
          the infinite-
          the universal- 
          cosmic debris- 
          deep shit
Pretend your soul
Play a little game in which you won’t ever die
A religion for this life that’s what you’re looking for
Holiness for the next five minutes

Don’t be melodramatic
Shut your mouth-
          there are so many who are the same as you who have already spoken-
          who are still speaking-
          and you are the same as them
Let the silent others tell
If it feels like there’s no way to win here
You don’t get to win here
That welling up impotent frustration maybe that’s just what you get

And when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death fear no evil-
          because you are evil- 
          because you look like a demon- 
          you look more demon than the demons-
          and they are all scared of you-
          and when you look around and see that-
          don’t dare try to shrink away
Stand up
Be the enemy you wish to see in the world
Just what we all need