What does that mean Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What it says on the box<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imagine you are a musician <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are talented <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You dream of fame and fortune <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it does not arrive <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was never there in the first place <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In time you begin to realise this<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You either fade <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As most do <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or you end up playing minor gigs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing that you will not go no further <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You lie to yourself <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we all lie to ourselves <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is a rather depressing way of looking at things <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More realistic than depressing <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who said life is but a shadow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indirectly Shakespeare <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will find it in Macbeth <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He actually describes life as a walking shadow as it has become meaningless to him <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You mean life is a shit and then you die<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simply put but yes Josephine <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why did you call me Josephine <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you angry with me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mummy and Daddy would call me Josephine when they were cross with me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am not angry with you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like Shakespeare but do not always understand him <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just listen to the music of his words <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rest if you do not construct barriers will come naturally <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was reading recently that he might of not written all he is thought to have written <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do not believe that for a moment Josie <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather like great artists he may have had assistants <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is all <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But some of the people who challenge his work are respected academics <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of their theories are wafer thin and are based on conjecture <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are just trying to find their niche <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which does not exist <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I often read these people before I wipe my arse <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are just cunts and not worthy of my shit <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They just want their fifteen minutes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Masturbation is not enough <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their life has become meaningless to them <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They really fuck you off Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I dislike frauds <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are very black and white in many ways <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More white Josie as I see the light <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I dislike black <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You need to see things clearly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otherwise you will not write poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is so vital that you appreciate the circle <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you do not appreciate the circle <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then you are blind <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is quite simple <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you travelling forward with your poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not really <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explain <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I am lucky I am on a parallel branch line <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you not like your poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not that I dislike my poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But sometimes I am at a red signal <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you ever dislike your poems <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would not write poor poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have abandoned more poems than I have published <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do you keep them <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here and there as sometimes I cannibalise them<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As they might have lines or words of merit <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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