But not really. I don't want to bother anyone too much with my direct presence, but I thought I'd at least say hello before this poetry stuff gets too heavy. My name is Tyler. I started doing the poetry thing long, long ago, and it looks like it's finally time to get it in a blog of its own. I've always avoided making a blog; I felt it was cliché, or that it would cheapen my "art" in some irreversible way. Naturally, I was just being pretentious; now that those conceits have fallen away I will present to you, the internet, what I consider my "work".
I don't sleep a lot, but I do write a lot about sleep, and I write a lot when I should be sleeping (hence, the blog's title). Like I said, this blog is supposed to be about the work. In my philosophy, an artist's work should be able to speak on its own, stand without direct reference to creator or context, or else it's not doing its job. These are big words. Every so often I will peak out from behind a poem, give a blurb or two, and recede once more into the poetic miasma. And who knows, maybe I'll feature some of my favorite poetry, or better yet, some things from people I know (especially if I'm feeling lazy), but the primary focus will remain my personal creative output (such that it is). Thanks for bearing with me. Next up is a poem: The Coital Rose
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