WRITERS RETREAT
Why do writers retreat
from the world as if the world
were coming for them
in the night with pitchforks
and torches?
It is the world that retreats
from the writer.
Writers should go out
in broad daylight
shouting verses, stories.
Then, when the world
comes for them
with pitchforks and torches,
they can hide until the world
forgets what it's looking for.
Why do writers retreat
from the world as if the world
were coming for them
in the night with pitchforks
and torches?
It is the world that retreats
from the writer.
Writers should go out
in broad daylight
shouting verses, stories.
Then, when the world
comes for them
with pitchforks and torches,
they can hide until the world
forgets what it's looking for.