470 - Don't say what you think. Write it.

Each of us thinks in his or her own way.
Which is reflected in the way we talk,
Though sometimes we have to watch what we say
Or change our style, for instance, when at work.
But writing doesn’t need a tongue with fork
With which to speak; shouldn’t be politic
If written for art’s sake, without the smoke
And mirrors, real feeling in the lyric.
Good writers should never try to mimic
Others that they admire, not unless they
Happen to think alike, or it won’t work;
They might fool themselves but not the public.
So what I mean, at the end of the day,
Is write what you think. Leave the lies to talk.
Tue 18 Dec 2007