Entry #1
First entry of this online diary. I went out to Drunk Poets See God at Gari Gari last night after a long hiatus. Samm and Joy have been taking care of the event really well, and Tomi looked well too. I felt like an absent parent coming back in to check on how the kids were doing.
There were some familiar faces and some people I knew through Joy’s poetry challenges and gatherings. Hadn’t seen Samm in ages too. I told him later that night I was compelled to come out and see my people in the flesh since my recent manifesto against the MetaVerse. It’s no longer a space I feel respect for, nor do I want my usage of the product continue to line the pockets of bigot billionaires. Extracting myself is a work in progress, hence my post here today. I’ve gone and done a link to my socials so people may see this link and consider bookmarking it. I don’t know if they will, but it’s writing for the sake of writing too.
I plan to write every Saturday morning for my web diary. It may be a long entry, it may be a one liner. Probably no more sharing of memes or photos, but hey, I’d rather get back to what’s real. Real writing. I want to meet more people in the Real World. Real people. Real voices in real time.
Anyway, it was great to get out and read some of my poems and hear other’s voice open up