The Great American Novel

from Secondary by Scott Gesser

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Every night, I sit, curmudgeon by the candlelight
The pages beg and plead for me to write
I don’t know how long this will take
But I’m scribbling and leaving legends in the pen’s wake
Should it be a vast account of my hypocrisy?
Or something pulled from my own memories?
I’d like to get my stories out
Maybe first, though, I should know what they’re about

I’m gonna get gypped out of my bet on the best
I’m gonna bet my fortune on my lack of success
I’m gonna write the great American novel

Seven eighths are done when I begin to radiate
Ideas that soon will come to generate
Another intriguing chapter, nothing for this page
But maybe on the one right after
Evident that this is how my adolescence spent
Concocting something maybe heaven sent
I’m hoping the flow won’t tarnish, if it does
This tour de force is landing in the garbage

I’m gonna fly up so high that I’ll land upside down
I’m gonna tie up the microphone and block out the sound
I’m gonna write the great American novel

Seeking forward in time can break my concentration
Hiding my wrists from cramps and blocks
This can’t be happening

Everyone, come see the masterpiece that I have done
My pride projecting like a loaded gun
It’s like my own personal progeny
I can still feel the narration seep within me
Fumbling for rights and non-eccentric publishing
The whole experience was troubling
Pulling teeth from cover to cover
I can’t wait until I get inspired to write another

I’m gonna run amok on my grave when I’m dead
I’m gonna wonder who makes all that noise overhead
I’m gonna write the great American novel

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from Secondary, released June 29, 2018

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