COMPENDIUM

COMPENDIUM

sorry to
bother you

drag you away
from what
you are doing

to tell you
to keep writing
writing writing
don’t let
them get to you

give me, a, compendium
show, me your heartfelt
give me
your best work

let them read
what you have written

watch their sky
turn turtle
power
of your
words

got them playing hopscotch
through textual minefields

so much horsepower
surging through this compendium

write what you want. every style and font
words long
as a
brontosaurus
tiny
as a flea

write
   beautifully
write insanely
show
contempt
show respect and
true endearment 

and, if they try to stop
you flex muscle
get your head down
flex all that muscle

write twice as hard
thrice as crazy
five
times as determined
expend energy
blow a gasket or
two

So
let them get
the message
my message to you
being
     the thing we
got to keep shouting

KEEP WRITING
KEEP WRITING

write
to the death
my darlings
don’t let them
suppose, impose, repose,
ever presume to
presuppose
throw
    the whole book to
get at you

yes, I think you’ve got it,
can hear it
bouncing  around in your
head: keep writing writing writing

no compronises
the more they try
to stop you
the more you need
to bunker down
with paper
and pen
power through, say
what
you have to say

do
what you have to do