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UNDERGROUND VOICES: POETRY
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PAUL HELLWEG My Muse Likes a Good Buzz True, she never visits me unless I’m high on caffeine or alcohol, and she’s not too thrilled I gave up nicotine. She secretly hopes I’ll backslide, and considering tobacco’s deadly rep that begs the question I’ve never been able to answer, what has greater value, art or life? Joy to the World 7 a.m., December 25th, too depressed to get out of bed, contemplating solutions, the unmentionable comes to mind, followed quickly by a desire to simply get drunk and fuck this stupid observance of a deity killed off long ago by Nietzsche and friends. The whole world and everyone I know are seemingly drunk with good will, but what’s under the Christmas tree piques more interest and is of greater concern than the war our country is waging 7,000 miles away. And to think, I once believed doing good onto others was that deity’s will, but he or she sure seems to be alive and well, sanctioning the letting of innocent blood, anywhere, anytime, any day, even this one. Paul Hellweg has had over one hundred poems published since his debut in 2009. He won the 2009 Coatlism Press full-length poetry book contest, and he has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. For more, please see: www.paulhellweg.com |
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