PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

I was flipping

thru my papers & stuff

& I found a signed copy

of Richard Hell's book

The Voidoid.

He wrote,

"For George,

Stay George."

Well, I don't know

exactly what that means

but I can say this

I will stay George

because I don't know

any other way to be.

I have tried

to be different

I have tried 

to be other people.

It just leaves me flat.

I can never

actually pull it off.

I'm kinda stuck here

in this persona

which isn't actually a persona

but just who I am

which may not be much

but it's what I am

and I have come

to terms with that.

I've resigned myself

to being me

and nothing else

and no one else no one else.

I yam what I yam

to steal from a sailor

which is why

I am what I am

and nothing more.

The irreverence

has deleted

all fear of failure.

I don't try

to be anyone else.

I don't even try

to be myself anymore.

I just let it flow

au naturel.

I am quite certain

it'll be all right.

I have stayed George

with minimal effort

cuz if you really

get down to it

there isn't anything else

I ever could've been.