i’d be a novelist

poetry

if i had a
longer
attention
span
and could
stand my
characters
beyond
two pages
or
maintained
interest in
the plot
beyond
the exposition
or could
write
more than three
words per line
i’d be a
novelist
and you’d read
my novels
keep them
at eye level
on your shelves
quote lines to
seem erudite
recommend them
to friends

too bad
the distance
between
IF and your
shelves
has already
defeated me.

4 thoughts on “i’d be a novelist

  1. Jared Abraham's avatar

    This is about the reason why I’ve started writing several times, only to lose interest later. But I keep telling myself that this next break I will buckle down and make it happen; so here’s hoping for the coming Christmas break!

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