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Motel Art

June 22, 2023
By evancarr SILVER, Seattle, Washington
evancarr SILVER, Seattle, Washington
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He was motel art in motel rooms 
Out of his goddamn mind and he knew it 
Ugly and so angry as hell 
A ceiling on my own potential 
 
He was motel art in motel rooms 
Not worth love or hate 
Just existing, the worst kind 
A mediocrity born to bear 
 
He was motel art in motel rooms 
In is a sideways glance he might look better 
Times change and so do people 
No, don’t kid yourself 
 
He was motel art in motel rooms 
Placid lake covering up bullet holes 
A solid blue never shaded in 
Nobody can check all the prints on the factory line 
 
He was motel art in motel rooms 
F*ck the world for putting me in it 
A blank wall would have looked better 
Sometimes emptiness is a good thing 
 
He was motel art in motel rooms 


The author's comments:

We all can feel like this sometimes, a kind of indescribable anger at our own inabilities to succeed at certain tasks. Hope this poem puts words to a feeling.


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