EXILED ON MAIN STREET #14
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Exiled on main street
· 2 weeks ago
... g classes, Cormac McCarthy's novel The Crossing , globe coin bank circa 1950's, drafts of poems and essays, guitar slide, No Depression issue #16. On the windowsill, a Sagrado Corzon De Jesus candle you bought for sixty cents. It's unlit. You sit typing the notes you hope will lead to some pieces for your next zine. Your notes define mediocrity, aren't inspired, and bring you down. In every writing class or group you've been a part of, someone invariably says they write because they "hate writing." You wonder if your reason for writing is good enough: you enjoy it. You love the creation, the countless rewrites, the reading, ...