Wednesday, June 17, 2020

New poem: "Life Fatigue"


Life Fatigue

I wish I could say it was lassitude,
indolence born of boredom, but I cannot
confess to a lie; and it’s not this novel
coronavirus pandemic with all the social
distancing and self-isolation that comes
with it that’s stolen my zest for living,
writing included. I can’t confess to that
either, because that would also be a lie.
It’s something else, much deeper than
I’m willing to confess to. But I don’t
want to go there, because then I would
have to sit down and write the story I’ve
been putting off for fear of getting it done,
and then what would I have to do but
start another project and repeat my life
over again. It’s no wonder Camus
imagined Sisyphus happy.

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