08/09/2025
WE'RE SO BUSY PERFORMING
WHAT WE'RE NOT,
WE FORGET HOW TO BE.
Alcoholism is not romantic.
But it became a trope
for inspiration for many writers.
Sadly, it takes more than it g i v e s -
If you need to be drunk to write good poetry, you’re not a poet you’re an alcoholic.
There is nothing like the justification
of an alcoholic.
When you live to drink,
the whole world’s a bottle.
Buying a thing that later sells you out,
you must do more than to have been born.
When the bush is on fire the chameleon must abandon the walking style of his ancestors.
I think many poets when in a complete state of consciousness saw the reality and rawness of life beyond the perception of the majority. Their creativity did not come from booze or drugs, but rather an awakened mind.
Their indulgence was a temporary escape from their over awareness. Nowadays,
most minds are conditioned to think in a certain way, therefore, creativity suffers.
Stephen King wrote ‘Cujo’
while deep in the hold of alcoholism..doesn't even remember writing a lot of it.
Honestly, I don't think the bottle has as much influence over the writing than does the troubled soul.
“Here lies Hampshire grenadier,
Who caught his death
Drinking small cold beer”
- an epitaph on a tombstone
Jack Kerouac choking to death
on his own blood due to a hemorrhaging esophagus brought about by acute alcoholism. How romantic!
If you have lived with an alcoholic who has slowly drunk themselves to death you will know that there is nothing poetic about it.
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NotNice🥀
Mon, Sept, 08, 2025.