James Babbs writes

Reason

I watch too much TV

I eat the wrong kinds of food and

I know

I don’t get enough exercise and

I keep falling in love

with the wrong women

I know

they’re the wrong ones

because

they never fall in love with me and

I probably drink more than I should

but I like to get drunk and

walk around the house

sometimes

I roam the dark streets alone

having nowhere to go and

I know

I don’t write enough

but I fill the pages

of countless notebooks

but why do I feel like

I have to write

anything at all

I know

there must be a reason

some reason

why I don’t want to stop

but right now

I don’t feel like

trying to figure it out

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos -- Francisco de Goya y Lucientes