The Lump

Let’s workshop this poem about the fear, hope, and self-discovery of a young person grappling through almost his entire adolescence with an ominous lump on his forehead

Aug 03, 2023

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For an updated version, see: https://maistvanjr.substack.com/p/the-lump-round-2

This poem is unpublished

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“We need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”—Kafka (against the safe-space cancel culture pushed by anti-art bullies, left and right)

The Lump

Let’s workshop this poem about the fear, hope, and self-discovery of a young person grappling through almost his entire adolescence with an ominous lump on his forehead

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