The Original Narcissist

[Lizzie]

I think you can drop life from the title, you mention it in the poem already, plus I think dropping life would make the poem more intriguing .Unfortunately, I thought this was a poem about black/blue/donkey live's matter, so I am a bit dissapointed. It's still a nice poem, but not what I was looking for.


By calling life a narcissist, you are implying a negative connotation, however I don't get that from the poem.

Sorry to disappoint

Um, narcissist. Negative connotation? Yes and no. So, there is such a thing as healthy narcissism -- we all have it. It's the healthy ego, the me-ness of us that allows us to form a separate identity, and it's also the animal instinct to save you and yours first above all else. It keeps us alive, it keeps us healthy.

The negative connotation is exactly what Mark was talking about -- the seeming (well, in actuality) unconscionable things that life does to perpetuate itself in the most vital form it can. You can't really watch a nature show without seeing horrifying slaughter of the weak in the name of progress. I'm talking about "survival of the fittest." I'm talking about so many things -- all the things.

I have a tortured relationship with the self-focus. The title is an attempt to bring in some of that tension.

So, to end. Yes, they seem to contradict and it's intentional. They don't actually contradict, they only appear to. It's a thinker.

I changed the title like you suggested. I'll try to write only bitter diatribes about the state of political affairs from now on