Saturday, February 1, 2025

I just watched a thing
ABOUT Stephen King's writing technique 
& I've probably seen 
SOMETHING 
about that before 
BUT 
I haven't heard 
the CAMPFIRE 🔥 
before 

I've got
that
CAMPFIRE thing too
I haven't used it
EXACTLY 
LIKE that
BEFORE 

I thought it was 
INTERESTING 

I have 
BI-MODAL bias
ABOUT 
stephen king

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it DEPENDS how
it HITS

I remember reading 
the SHINING 
when I was like eleven 
&
getting myself 
SPOOKED
looking over my shoulder
&
I had read
INTERVIEW with the VAMPIRE 
& OTHER such
I wasn't looking over my shoulder 

WHAT was he
DOING
it was SOMETHING 
he was doing 

I have this BIAS that
he has some sort
of psychological GENIUS 
he burrows into
your
BRAIN, somehow 

BUT 
THEN 
when I was working at the
BOOKSTORE 
he put out this graphic novel
CYCLE of the WEREWOLF

& I read it
& it was like

I used to watch
the horror movies
on television when I was a kid
all the old black and white ones, ya know
&
it I sat down
& SUMMARIZED the jist
of watching 
ALL THAT
NOTHING new, or interesting, nothing no twist

THAT
was cycle of the werewolf 
& I'm LIKE 
HACK

SO
it intrigues me
when I find
points
of identification with him

I'm trying to figure out 
WHY

the best I can do
is to say
he's 
INTERNALLY 
CONTROVERSIAL