buttterflies: anyway, i was thinking .... why do you (we?i?) write poetry?

buttterflies: what the hell is the damn point

DlMREALITY: and? you were just thinking of the question or you were thinking of an answer?

buttterflies: because... nobody really gives a damn. sure, people will read it and go "oh that's nice" or "oh it's cool" (i've decided i hate that word now- 'cool')... maybe there'll be a few seconds of contemplation... but thats it... i could have poured out my heart and soul and there's no point

buttterflies: my friend asked me whats gotten me sidetracked, that i say all this... but i think thats the problem. poetry is the sidetracking...

DlMREALITY: unless you're shakespear or poe...

buttterflies: unless youre shakespeare or poe, nobody gives a fuck

buttterflies: so. its really a waste of time

buttterflies: and mind you, i think all these things. while i'm writing a poem

buttterflies: and i write it.

buttterflies: what the fuck.

DlMREALITY: at which point you're taking it too seriously

buttterflies: but it should be taken seriously

buttterflies: if it comes from the heart. some are the product of far deeper pain and heartache than others... and if you dont take them seriously, then ...we're back to what i said. whats the point.

DlMREALITY: to lose yourself in a little bit of your own reality

buttterflies: we're already lost enough in this shitty ass world.... so poetry is a safe haven, huh?

buttterflies: until you start thinking about all the shit thats wrong

buttterflies: and writing about that

DlMREALITY: its not so much what its about

DlMREALITY: why does a painter paint a picture? who really cares? maybe nobody, maybe a lot of people, maybe just for a few moments the whole world... but it doesnt make any difference to the artist

buttterflies: thats true

buttterflies: and i suppose at some point the artist feels its useless to keep painting

DlMREALITY: its an expression of who you are, even if you're the only one who sees it

DlMREALITY: we want to know ourselves more than anything else

DlMREALITY: writing, painting, drawing... whatever... it about us in the end

buttterflies: good pint.

buttterflies: point

DlMREALITY: so what the fuck is the point? to amuse our curiosity of ourselves... among other things, but that is the first