02-18-2012, 04:21 AM
After I started writing seriously, it took me fifteen years or more to finally call myself a poet -- and the two reasons for my reluctance were the ones I find right here in your poem. One, I'd seen the kinds of people who called themselves "poets" and really didn't want to be associated with them and two, nobody really needed to read any of the shit I wrote so why inflict it on them? I've since learned that those are two of the least unique and interesting things about poets, who as a breed are nowhere near as unique and interesting as they/we think they/we are 
BUT, sometimes a poet will talk about terribly dull things in such a way that they become fascinating and mapping through your movie choices (great choices, by the way) has shifted relatively mundane ponderings into an entirely new realm of enjoyment. I'm not at all sure I'm making much sense, as it's 5.20am on a Saturday and I shouldn't even be alive yet, but the upshot is that I think this is terrific.
In S2, L1 should it be "those other dudes who are..."?
It's damn good to see you posting again Rob
BUT, sometimes a poet will talk about terribly dull things in such a way that they become fascinating and mapping through your movie choices (great choices, by the way) has shifted relatively mundane ponderings into an entirely new realm of enjoyment. I'm not at all sure I'm making much sense, as it's 5.20am on a Saturday and I shouldn't even be alive yet, but the upshot is that I think this is terrific. In S2, L1 should it be "those other dudes who are..."?
It's damn good to see you posting again Rob
It could be worse