{"id":2304,"date":"2022-01-08T11:45:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T11:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:35:46","slug":"looking-like-a-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2304","title":{"rendered":"Looking Like A Poet: Thames Valley Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yeats.jpg?resize=596%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yeats.jpg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yeats.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency have been at work again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He just didn\u2019t look like a poet so they set to work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Told him to lose a few pounds and get a new stylist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shabby chic look to match his fake poverty lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helped sell the gig and books in the provinces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolstered the teenage girl clickbait on tiktok<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was so much easier to sell the image than the contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all style over content the norm so no matter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His youtube and whatsapp ratings were off the scale after the revamp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His poetry books flew of the amazon print on demand presses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon even the arts council wanted a piece of the action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all WWCB had just come onto their radar<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile his poems started to falter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early promise based on genuine family history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gave way to more and more internet copped falsities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His heroes had blundered on through addiction and blank pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now he was dropping more pills to keep the words coming<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His apps were full of half-finished ideas and poems with no ending<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then one day it all ended<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a fast food stop on a motorway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He caught his reflection in a window<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His eyes hollow, his hair teased by a stylist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Into the Victorian waif look<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Delivery driver just like his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another acronym to play with WWCBWP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>White Working Class Boy Without 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