the internet is absolutely packed
with everything
with hatred and inspiration and foolishness and memes
and i saw
once
a piece of advice that said
[approximately]
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and i think about that
from time to time
because we never know what we’ll end up being
to someone else
and, though i can’t imagine my writing
being someone’s absolute favorite, i can see it
impacting
in a way i didn’t imagine
and for that reason
i suppose
i’ll keep going.
write what you know
and then write it a little farther away
using metaphor
or simile
or narrative tactics
that make it seem
like it may not be about your life
at least not completely
but we all know
we all know
every writer carries hundreds
if not thousands
if not millions or billions or trillions of
selves
with them at all times
[or is that just every human
as we live and grow and change and morph
into each of our
many
many
many
final forms]
kipventures 