03-28-2011, 11:30 PM
Thanks for the kind words Billy.
That's weird, when I originally wrote this poem I put two "l"s in "disheveled", but the internet spell checker I ran this through afterwards corrected me. I think it may have been an American one.
I'm glad you like this poem so much Billy. The first three lines of the opening stanza were written about me - I'd intended this to be a very personal piece - but when I couldn't make it work I went in the opposite direction, creating a purely fictional persona. Then it became inspired by an article I'd once read criticising Hollywood's perception of sociopaths as these literate, playful monsters, when in actuality most aren't even violent, but just sad, pitiable losers.
That's weird, when I originally wrote this poem I put two "l"s in "disheveled", but the internet spell checker I ran this through afterwards corrected me. I think it may have been an American one.
I'm glad you like this poem so much Billy. The first three lines of the opening stanza were written about me - I'd intended this to be a very personal piece - but when I couldn't make it work I went in the opposite direction, creating a purely fictional persona. Then it became inspired by an article I'd once read criticising Hollywood's perception of sociopaths as these literate, playful monsters, when in actuality most aren't even violent, but just sad, pitiable losers.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe