a pain in the ...

you say you exist , friend..

but , you have to be acknowledged that you do..

you should have a number,address

or someone who vouches for you.

even if it is the jailer of your prison

 

this world, my friend 

revolves around the acknowledgers..

their nods..their approvals..

 

only those people who continue to understand this politics

earn the privilege of  continually acknowledging..

 

god heads one such gang..

nesting on the cosy comforts of mutual dependence..

and belief barters..

 

now that we have a peter pan story..

the hero and the pirate moving in the same speed

..there wouldnt be a problem, i guess..

 

but then there is a guy who is a nobody

who needs nobody to

inspire or acknowledge

and who writes for nothing except for the sheer joy and pain of writing

in the forgotten corner of this world..

his poems really are a pain in the....

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. halle-friekin'-lujah ! ... this is brilliantly written and amazingly poignant ... it's so critical for a writer to write for writing and nothing else ... else those other factors mess with the uniqueness of expression ...