I've really lived life and tried to pay attention to people, listen to people.
I come from the early Detroit punk scene. Over the last 40 years punk has become more socially acceptable and watered down, but I spent a lot of time with some people who were truly dangerous when the subculture was truly dangerous.
I also spent time in an auto plant, working 7 days a week with guys who knew their wives were cheating on them but couldn't file for divorce because they'd lose everything they worked for and hurt their kids. They didn't even have time to address the issues because they were in the plant 65+ hours a week. Bitterness can really boil when it's not addressed.
I've engaged in my own bad behavior over the years and I'm lucky I survived and I'm not incarcerated.
I try to bring a level of realism to the stories ( I know you know that J/S ) that not a lot of writers on any platform can.
If I don't know a world, I research it.
But the world of the criminal, the downtrodden, the fringe, I know that world well.
With all the spotlights on the rich and famous yesterday, I wanted to write one about an anonymous person whose whole life changes from one relatively common and mundane experience.
Well not my ally but I can see it all through you. It’s all so real the sub culture, it would scare me to death! It’s a dark and stormy night! Again it’s part of you that you express and we love it.
Reading this, I get the feeling you really understand the insides of some of these crazies.
People controlled by emotion.
Seems to be a common theme in the Big House and too many other areas.
God Bless you, Jimmy.
Glad you can write about it, but I sincerely pray you always keep your head above the water!
I've really lived life and tried to pay attention to people, listen to people.
I come from the early Detroit punk scene. Over the last 40 years punk has become more socially acceptable and watered down, but I spent a lot of time with some people who were truly dangerous when the subculture was truly dangerous.
I also spent time in an auto plant, working 7 days a week with guys who knew their wives were cheating on them but couldn't file for divorce because they'd lose everything they worked for and hurt their kids. They didn't even have time to address the issues because they were in the plant 65+ hours a week. Bitterness can really boil when it's not addressed.
I've engaged in my own bad behavior over the years and I'm lucky I survived and I'm not incarcerated.
I try to bring a level of realism to the stories ( I know you know that J/S ) that not a lot of writers on any platform can.
If I don't know a world, I research it.
But the world of the criminal, the downtrodden, the fringe, I know that world well.
The real comes through. Transmitted. And this is good, though all bad decisions.
With all the spotlights on the rich and famous yesterday, I wanted to write one about an anonymous person whose whole life changes from one relatively common and mundane experience.
Achieved, J. I like to think we take turns being fortunate through the cycles of lifetimes we live.
All these years spent with a reluctantly reformed one. Life is richer with the haunted seekers.
I'm definitely trying to make life richer.
I’ve no doubt you will, J.
I hate when that happens. ☺️
It's pretty good. Cop Car. Cold. Cardboard. I like.
Well not my ally but I can see it all through you. It’s all so real the sub culture, it would scare me to death! It’s a dark and stormy night! Again it’s part of you that you express and we love it.
I think Terrence’s mindfulness will ease the pain of the jail time. But the absence of women? That can destroy a man.
I dig how you write it as a one-two internal monologue in verse. It works well written poetically.
Gotta change up perspectives and styles to keep it fresh.