have people read the 39 steps to story writing?
i think i fail badly on all the important ones (1, 7, 13, 16a, 24)
frederick barthelme probably wants me bloody from a kitchen knife
i have been thinking about becoming a plumber
i wrote a poem about jenny lewis
i could be alone in my room listening to music
and i could be just sitting there or i could be thinking about things
i could be thinking about the song and i could be thinking about who wrote the song
and i could be thinking about the words
or i could be thinking about what the words made me think about
like the internal organs of everyone i know
and i could be thinking about putting them in jars and putting the jars on shelves
i could think about staring at the shelves and seeing the jars
and they could be out of focus and at an angle
and it would still be everyone i know's insides on display
and i could think about making a graph of all of the things i see
when i focus my eyes for only a brief period of time
i could make it a game with rules i have to follow
like about focusing the eyes
and i could stand real still in a real small space
by myself or with you
and we could be listening to music
and i could be jenny lewis
and i could say something about los angeles
or i could be me
and i could say this song is so good
and you could be jenny lewis
and you could say thanks
or you could be you
and you could say it sounds like high school music
and i could get all defensive
or i could stop listening to music for months at a time
and forget that i like how it makes me move without being aware that i'm moving
and i could show you my game and ask you if you want to play
and you could say that it's disturbing
and we could do something else
and later i could take you home
and it could be raining
and i could hold the umbrella
and i could say something inaudible
and you could say what
and i could say nevermind
and when you were gone i could be alone
and i could listen to the song again
and i could think about the words
and i could think about the person
and i could go on google images
and i could type in jenny lewis
