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Brains scream for refreshed perspective; they do it all the time. Everytime I start to feel something new my brain goes: Woah, processing time. Right now there's so much processing going on that my brain isn't sure what to do. I would like for it to release seratonin and laugh: Wahahahahawahahahaha.
To get some of the cluttered feelings out I wrote a poem, and it shaped itself as a rather abstract poem with little imagery. It seems to have made me feel a bit better, somehow.
Answering Identity
-teresa m petro
We humans are all examples of malapropisms, anyway,
we’re constantly using ourselves out of context, out of bounds
with the dictionary’s definition of person, which is by philosophy
“a self-conscious or rational being.” We have all been unaware,
illogical, imbalanced, and still we’re afraid of being misunderstood,
misheard, or misread. It is safe to say, not everyone has a symmetrical face,
and can recite the alphabet slowly, meaning not just anyone will
be able to tell what they are trying to express: s only comes before t,
though, some of us will always be confused that self comes before truthfulness.
This poem was a rather strange one for me. I started out writing about the alphabet, and then I decided that letters shouldn't be the main focus. I hardly ever write in this distant of a voice, and I'm not sure whether or not the poem suites itself. Though, I do feel better to have answered a nuisance question, one that my brain wouldn't necessarily poise or articulate to itself.
"Answering Identity" came shortly after I wrote a poem about the family dog that just passed away. I think I was trying to escape an emotional explosion (something my brain just allows to happen after time.)
More and more I am finding myself writing poetry from a perspective that trys to avoid the "I" too much. Prior to my more recent work, I was producing a load of emotional and self-reflective work, but I want to steer away from that. Words should mean something to more than just one person. Though writing almost always makes a person feel egocentric.
I hope to find something other than a blatently "Teresa Petro" voice while writing and living in Korea. The goal is to distance myself from myself, and to illustrate surrounding life, both nature-oriented and a people/ cultural focus. The hope is to develop a process of experiencing non-biased observations. (I'm not sure I can really do this, but I'd like to try.)
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