Monday, September 03, 2007

Of Motivation, Meaning, Method, & Madness





The work sucks me in--

Pushes my thinking,

Changes my mind--

Synthesizes substance,

Sculpts shape,

In a del.icio.us Flickr of time

That lasts for hours

And passes in seconds.



But prevailing paradigms

Pull . . . ideas, teeth, fingernails,

Imprison . . . change

Force . . . fearful flickers of thought

Smother . . . creativity

In tomes--

Filled with dead words

That pass in seconds

But linger a lifetime.



Epitaph (or epilogue, depending on which meaning, method, and/or madness you prefer!)


Cherice Montgomery, September 4, 2007

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