i havent written a lot in a while - i was hit really hard by a lot of writers block. thank god for this however. i do like this piece, which is the only good thing i have written during my shit of a writing rut. at least i feel good about it.

i like this piece because i think it depicts pain as an emotion without being "emo". and gawd knows nothing is more annoying than a piece of emo writing. ive been getting into a lot of debates in lit chat rooms over emotional poetry. lots of people think emotion has no place in poetry, which quite surprises me. then again it does seem as if emotion in poetry has become a nesting ground for emo garbage. but good poetry can have emotion in it i think. although by no means is good poetry mere catharsis. but i am dreadfully uncomfortable giving rules to art anyways.

well as usual i would appreciate any comments and all your thoughts!