[Poem] Shadows and Granite

 by Emmit Other

 I had someone tell me once

They thought I might be a Statue

I intimidate others

Because of the strength of my convictions

I am self aware 

Because those convictions matter

"I am Not Them"

Has been a priority

From the earliest days

I keep my word

I do what I say

I mean what I say

And I almost always follow through

I know my paranoia is my greatest flaw

But most of the callous betrayals

The seemingly impossible circumstances

That no rational person would believe real

Have literally all happened to me

My paranoia is learned experience

And feeds into my intensity

So if the latest shadow I'm not chasing

Because its a game

Is real

I wont touch it

But the Blue Rook will make their results

Interesting to say the least

I have mastered my demons

And I do not feed every dark thing

That feeds off of human suffering

Especially the shadows

I could be wrong

And will wait it out

But I'm done feeding drama demons

And I'm done denying 

That these things happen

What is

Is What Is 

[Poem] All About You

 by Emmit Other

I had a famous dream

Just now

That couldnt make up its mind

Between Robin Hood

And Red Dawn

And then Grimmace Dark Side

Had a wormhole George Foreman Grill

Descend from the heavens

And turn a pile of people

Into giant wriggling human leeches

I went into Lucid Mode

And put him and his crew

In Mason Jars

I'm a completist

And like to leave every dream

In a happy ending

But this was a small world

And a very ill fitting dream

Not all dreams are created equal

And sometimes

You have to make a choice

Do you let it go

And get up

And go into Boston with the inlaws

Or do you spend four hours

Looping the dream around and around

Until you beat it

Ive done that

But this dream was thin

Barely hanging on

And to exist I would have had to pour myself into it

I decided to let the dream go onits merry little way

And be all about itself

Formless

Thin

And Tilted towards evil

So I woke up

And went about my business

[Poem] The Magick of Story

 by Emmit Other

Danger comes in many forms

Etheric gestures of dramatic norms

Octave four in the spirit realm

Story magic might underwhelm

But we are characters 

In someone else's play

Drama demons will have their say

Murder my writer

And make the fucker pay

A bloody plot knife I weave to slay

I am the author of my fate

I am tired of dead dog upon my plate

My bloodlust for these things will not slate

Until they begone from my estate.

Amazon Is a Blight

 Article here but Amazon is destroying books.   I'm not going back there and am now going to build my own site.   Indeed more changes soon.   Here's the article 

Meanwhile Grenademan vs The Zombies Chapter 2 available Wattpad and Inkitt

[Poem] Sometimes It Isnt Enough

 by Emmit Other

Sometimes the good guys lose

And sometimes you do everything you can

And burn the candle at both ends

And find new ways to cut the knot

More than you ever have before

Longer days and more doors knocked

And sometimes

It is still not enough

We all have a breaking point

And you can blame invisible powers

Or harmful prayers that pretend to help

Or blood curses

Or the stars

Or even your own damn self

And sometimes you can defy the odds over and over again

But there is one reaper who always wins

For there will be death

Long after there is taxes

And in the end

It isnt what you do

But what you tried that matters

And your own standard you chose

And I ahve done my best

And will until the last tick of the clock

The last

Tick

Of the clock

Warning to Indie Authors

 If you are a writer and have KDP; do not upload anything new to Amazon or the AI may DESTROY your account.    Dont take my word for it, listen to this 

Status Update

Chapter 1 of GMVZ

Same here. 

Still continuing to work on all projects; but need to focus on selling the new ones so will be accelerating a process that had been on hold while I sought employment.   More details to come.