My eye is better than my hand.

I notice that I'd be much better at reworking other people's poems than trying to come up with ideas of my own. I often come across poems that have a great nugget of a concept wrapped in weak language and poor execution, and I think to myself, "I could improve that." Why I can't come up with anything original on my own, I can't fathom.

fragments, 1/14/03

11:08 p.m.

I need to find the strength to fail.