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Pencil sketches and coffee-stained napkins
collect my anxiety in a pop-up gallery outside Montreal.
It goes national and airs on CBC Radio and Television.
Juxtapose magazine pens a flattering review.
I earn a discreet mouth hug at the opening reception.
My Facebook page explodes with 247 likes,
a far cry from the stunted 131 since inception.
A member of Arcade Fire tags me on Twitter.
One week of incessant interest,
a concept,
a character to discuss.
And then,
I return to my cramped apartment,
etching out my neurosis
in ambiguity.
collect my anxiety in a pop-up gallery outside Montreal.
It goes national and airs on CBC Radio and Television.
Juxtapose magazine pens a flattering review.
I earn a discreet mouth hug at the opening reception.
My Facebook page explodes with 247 likes,
a far cry from the stunted 131 since inception.
A member of Arcade Fire tags me on Twitter.
One week of incessant interest,
a concept,
a character to discuss.
And then,
I return to my cramped apartment,
etching out my neurosis
in ambiguity.
Published 8th Dec 2017
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Anonymous
8th Dec 2017 9:46am
I am intrigued to know what this is about! However, you captured the feeling of being “trending” for a moment, then going back to relative nothingness. It’s like an explosion of activity and then the realisation that you’re still you and nothing has changed, the bandwagon just exploded for a minute.
Interesting write as always Tenderloin!
Interesting write as always Tenderloin!
Your perception is always spot on, Star. This came about a few nights ago. Amidst some pretty awful attempts to conjure something up, this was the nugget in some very bad writing. I guess an element of understanding what that would seem like. To be the flavour of the week, and then returned to our own devices.
Anonymous
- Edited 11th Dec 2017 7:35pm
11th Dec 2017 7:34pm
Well however this came about, even if it was in the midst of some bad writing, it definitely caught my attention as it’s quite relevant to the times we live in. Instantaneous action, attraction, blowing people up into something that is trending and the centre of the world and then tearing them back down to nothing, or just letting them fade into oblivion. It is the world we live in unforunately, that everybody is replaceable and expendable. Sigh, that was a rant I think haha!
12th Dec 2017 1:11pm
