Mother, Mother

i have no shot at a career in writing. 
okay, i’m okay with that.


but were i even to try,
i’m pretty sure there’s no 
novel,
memoir,
screenplay,
or poem
that could tell it better for me 
than to just string together a series of 
song lyrics,
movie clips,
bits of art,
an occasional sound byte.

my story’s already been told.


mother, mother. are you listening?