What is like to be a poet Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am not a poet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
God is a poet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And he shares his talent with me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People think that you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Live above your station <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is impossible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As my town <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Does not have a station <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has never had a station <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is not a serious answer Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was not a serious question <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You once said that you do not write using inks <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is correct <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You say that you write <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using the perfumes of the world <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is correct <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you not think that is pretentious <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many people think it is pretentious <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many ugly people think that they are beautiful <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is false <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If there is beauty <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then ugliness exists <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe you are seen as an unlikable person <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Does that not worry you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because I am a very likeable person <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I received a letter a year ago <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From a girl named Dram <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She lived in Argentina <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She asked how she might become a poet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did you answer her letter <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your answer <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sent her a blank sheet of paper <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was cruel Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No I was teaching her to think and see<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is all you need apart from a belief in God <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did she understand your answer <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is now my muse <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her poetry is greater than mine <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why is that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I knew the answer to that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am concluding this interview Elana <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why have I insulted you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not at all <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just want you to start writing poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are very gifted <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the table near the door <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is a copy of my book <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe Fucks the World (Part One) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have signed it for you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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