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Writers

Let me tell 
You some 
More stories

Since so many
Of you are into
Stories

This one’s about writers
And a bit about
Social media

I’m no encyclopedia
But I’m a wannabe writer

And I studied 
Neuropsychology 
And by the way 

I can show you
My transcripts

And my old licenses 
And show you

How to verify them
But let’s get going 

Cause these stories
Can be long,

I know a bit
About writers 

It’s easier for them
To observe

And notice things 
Instead of rising

To the top
Of a corporation 

Has a lot to do
With neurocircuitry

And biochemical 
Feedback loops

But I imagine
You don’t need 
Every detail

Writers work from home 
A lot

And tend
To have strange jobs

And weird educations
Need so many perspectives 

All artists 
I’d guess

Look at Bob Dylan
He has some

Great gospel albums 
He believes in

Orthodox Judaism too
And that odd dude

Won the Nobel Prize 
So he’s not so cracked.

You know back 
In the day

Sometimes writers
Had fifty resumes 

They weren’t really lying
But for grants

Various assignments 
They’d emphasize

This and that
Do what you

Need to do
To pay your own rent

But these days
It’s so much easier

To cut
And paste 

And people do,
No big deal

Changing those
Demographics.

Sometimes it’s 
For protection

Cause you know
How things

Get personal.
And when you

Make a few changes
Those logarithmic 

Dances go a buzzing
And you can reach

A whole new audience
Saying that your

In London
Or even 

Without a location.
There’s a zillion 

Good reasons
And writers

Really know this
They have jobs

They just don’t 
Sit around

Playing with histories
As I’m sure

You damn noticed
Cause you can

Change your horizon
And autobiography 

In a few minutes time
So there’s time

To rhyme
And do some writing 

And interacting
With your peers 

And I know you guys
Understand 

Cause I’ve a lot
Of virtual friends

And predictably
So many

Are artists 
And happen 

To be writers.
And I’m grateful

You guys
Showed me

How to do it
Hope you’ve

Learned at least 
A tiny bit

From me.
Seems we tend

To know about hacking
Cause a lot of we

Write, what we think
Makes some 

People 
But it seems 

We just don’t quit
And even the mafia

Has a general rule 
About not messing 

With writers
Cause we investigate

And tend
To write what

We find
But I’ll tell you

A true story
Cause these days

It’s fashionable 
To wanna hear

People’s stories 
Unless they’re

Writing and analyzing 
The people 

Who wanna hear
Your story

This is 
An admission 

A kind of confession
We all know

With computers 
A lot of stuff happens

Lots of innocent stuff
But let’s face it

Lot of hateful people 
Are into things

Like data analytics 
And data trees

Just like those
Corporations 

You get my drift
And if I catch you

Reading my posts
Changing things around

Distorting 
And glancing

Prancing
Playing political games

Pretending your
Innocent 

Implying, denying
Deceiving and slanting

And while I laugh
And joke

And in a way 
Don’t really care

Some of you 
I’m sure 

Kind of noticed 
I’ll tell you

A bit of my truth
And sometimes 

It’s a test 
To see who you tell

And see how 
You use it

Cause we writers
Tend to be empathetic 

But let’s face it 
We also have high IQ’s

And if you
Take my words

Get into my world
And try to run amuck

Be damn sure
That when I delete you

It was no act
Of god

But you may notice
You’re not blocked

So you can
See all my stuff

Cause 
I’m not

Really vengeful 
I’m not into revenge

And besides I’m not
So good

At new technologies 
I got so much

Else to do
And so if I don’t 

Block you
With my limited

Nohow, it makes
It easier to track you

And find out
So much about you

And those that 
You love

How you’re 
Family made money

And that’s for starters 
But I’m not trying 
To bore you

But let’s just say
I know how to use it

And look all around
In just a few minutes 

It’s no bother 
At all

And the thing
About writers 

Is they seem
To always be learning

So it can get worst
And if you haven’t 

Noticed I’m 
Quite an open book 

Cause I’m
Just a writer 

But let me
Send you a clear message 

The thing about writers 
They can

Open 
Your book too!

4.4.23

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