Writer

Inspired by re-reading my writing from undergrad and confirming I have this gift.

I wanna be a writer and make others think.
Make em say "ah" no trey
Make em say "hmm"
Make em say "whaaaa?"
And nod, make em say "word, aight."

I wanna be a writer and make others laugh
Laugh impolitely on the subway
Laugh from the bottom of their belly
Laugh till it hurts some
And then laugh some more, in agreement, in acknowledgement, in an experience shared.

I wanna be a writer and hang with the other writers
We'd drink our drinks
We'd smoke our smoke
We'd be cool, desired, envied even.
We'd have intelligent debate
We'd converse and pontificate
We'd dance around concepts and ideas for new pieces until it got late
Really, we should be going.

Am I the writer I thought I'd be now
I wanna be the writer I once was
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