last level, beat the big boss :

visionary in my own eyes

fight against myself :

ignorance is bliss, the enemy of my enemy is my friend

in my notebooks pretty poetry, obsessive remembering :

deceptively simple, wickedly assured, highly entertaining !

—poems start from the germ of an idea, an initiating subject ... the best poems end up someplace totally different ... once u have ur first line u’ve got ur poem

—reject the impulse to be purposefully opaque ... strive to be understood

—when u start putting words on paper ur eliminating possibilities ... don’t be overly-committed to particular lines or endings ... let them go

—i’m v bossy so suggesting ideas & images ... conveying a perspective ... letting someone in on my worldview ... is fun for me ... a dream, really

—don’t throw the kitchen sink at them ... don’t use all ur tricks in one poem ... craft hard-hitting lines but sometimes what’s needed is a light touch

—it’s not particularly productive to say i am my own reader or i write for myself ... that’s a political statement, which is fine, but not illuminating ... i like thinking abt who reads my stuff ... i hope it brings them joy !

tough understanding how ppl really work :

the gestures, the trouble, the commitment

i’m a friday release, ur a slow news day :

i’m here, ur there, no one else exists

stay in 2021, i don’t have time for u :

i know u’ll listen in, read my intervus

when ur a poet the extremes show up :

the rest of u log off, leave ur man behind, digesting