Tragedy

You should not apologise for being different and for anything or everything that you are cos that is just you.:) I am a square peg in a world of many shapes and sizes, too, and I just roll along. I like your poem though...very good.:)

Thanks for commenting Grace! The apologies here, like the one in "Alienation", are sarcastic backhanded apologies that express disdain rather than sorrow. JJ

I think I got that too...:)

"The value of a song comes from inside"
~*this one?.. is important! adore you're hitting upon it..

Aaand I was swacked w/your sarcasm at first verse (this time/lol).. & still grin & applaud your candor..
Tell it it true or shut it.. & you tell it in bitter-sweet honesty, JJ!
hughug & be wells,
~d/T

I've always detested bands and song writers that sold out with hit pop songs, but at the same time, I hate the music business in the bigger picture because of what it does to force artists to abandon their integrity and their dreams for the sake of money. Way back before I ever wrote a poem, in 1974, one of my favorite songwriter/musician/singer artists killed himself after the bands business manager stole all their money and created a tangled web of contracts that caused them to lose their recording contract and not be able to make any money as a band in the future. He lost his house and to make matters worse, his wife was pregnant with a baby girl. His name was Pete Ham and the name of his band was Badfinger. The rest of the band tried to keep going but they struggled and changed band members and record labels until yet another band member, Tom Evans, took his life as well. Their deaths had a profound effect on me. I was young and impressionable and had already formed my ideals on artists selling out, so the music business side of things was already an enemy to me. But the sheer greed of the people in control of rock & roll was destroying the artists and the music. I have written several poems about art and poetry in particular, in fact there is an entire chapter on the topic in "Seeds and Weeds". A few specifically deal with the greed in the music and publishing businesses, such as,   "Artificial Artists" @   http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/211222-artificial-artists/   and the reprise of that poem/song @ http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/28398-artificial-artists-x-reprise/   as well as "Artists Are Lonely" @ http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/27125-artists-are-lonely/   and "The Price of Poetry" @  http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/73523-the-price-of-poetry/      JJ

sweet thx JJ.. *need good reading materials where I'm at today.. ;)
have a great day darlins,
~d/T

Big Ouch - but maybe deserved - you should try to never apologise for just being who you are - not always easy I know

excellent write :-)

Thanks for commenting David! Backhanded apologies all! When said, or written with sarcasm, "I'm sorry" is no apology but a serious smack-up-side-the-head! JJ

Also read these poems/songs on this topic:
"Artificial Artists" @  http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/211222-artificial-artists/
and the reprise of that poem/song @ http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/28398-artificial-artists-x-reprise/
as well as "Artists Are Lonely" @ http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/27125-artists-are-lonely/
and "The Price of Poetry" @ http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/73523-the-price-of-poetry/

JJ

Well said and good ink!

Thank you.

This one is great JJ...   "Too much sugar will rot my false tooth"   World is full of sellouts, unfortunately.  Pity em too when I can't get away with ignoring em.  :)  Nice lyrical rant.   Michael

Thanks for the comment Michael. JJ