"I read," I say...

"I study and read. 

I bet I've read everything you've read.

Don't think I haven't.

I consume libraries.

I wear out spines and ROM-drives.

I do things like get in a taxi and say,

"The library, and step on it."

My instincts concerning syntax and mechanics are better than your own,

I can tell,

with all due respect. 

But it transcends the mechanics.

I'm not a machine.

I feel and believe.

I have opinions.

Some of them are interesting.

I could, if you'd let me,

talk 

and 

talk."

-David Foster Wallace

.

.

.

What a genius.

He inspires me.

Yes, I can write.

And have things to say.

It's just that mostly

I'm nervous to 

do so.