i have to again
apologize
for how shitty and cringe
my poems are.
sometimes i read them
and i am
utterly mortified
how shitty they are.
including this one.

it is a great challenge for me
to create visual art
because visual art has to be cool
and can not be cringe
because it must decorate
and present the collector
as powerful, smart, successful.
and all visual art i make
is ugly, stupid, cringe,
which is how i like it.

in order to be fully free
it is necessary to go beyond the cringe
and to do that we need to reach maximum cringe.
irony does not work as good as cringe.
real wisdom is beyond cringe.

i am not sure
if my poems
are becoming even more cringy
or my perception is changing.
either way,
i will proceed down this path
of cringe.

every time
i write and publish a poem
i am super embarrassed
because
all poetry is
super embarrassing and super cringe.
but it is necessary
because
everyone should share
what they think and feel
because
it really makes life easier
for them and everyone else.