we each have inside ourselves
a whole universe
of old inside jokes
and references to references
and stories we need for context
for other stories
and when meeting people
i don’t know if i’d be able to catch up on
everything
but i can at least see the most up-to-date moments
and stories
and get some highlights
and context
and i love that about people
[everyone has so many stories to tell]
~
that whole poem came out of
the concept of
“the hj cinematic universe”
[for context]
working on old songs
that kip and i wrote
quite literally ten years ago
wow
wow
wow
woa
who woulda thought
this niche song
written for a show
that wasn’t even a musical
and was barely used in the production itself
[except as a scene-change song
and a mini-inside joke]
would have life
in an original music-making
music-sharing
infinite
audio
app
kip would create
a decade later
[the memories!]
wow.
pavlovian response to
lofi music playing:
immediate urge to poetry.
~~~
some days
(most days)
i need the poetry-writing to wake me up
(the coffee is simply comfort-waking
now
rather than an actual stimulant)
but then
some days
(rarely)
(but it does happen)
i need the coffee/the doing/the something
in order to wake myself up
before
i start to write the poetry.
today was one of the latter
days
~~~
a reference?
a reference only my spouse and i will understand?
a reference that might simply be an inside joke in poetry-form?
it’s more likely than you’d think!
kipventures 