written in response to Thomas Mann's remark on writing:
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
My fingers strike the keyboard with rhythmic force; my eyes sting, rimmed with red, but something keeps carrying me forward like a surging current beneath the skin.
another
false dawn while robins call
I add three words
backspace them, write five more
then delete the whole line
FYI: The title alludes to the famous quote about trying and failing:
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
-- Samuel Beckett, "Worstward Ho," a radical, minimalist prose text that strips language down to its barest essentials to explore decrepitude, memory, the limits of expression, and the stubborn human compulsion to keep going despite inevitable defeat.
