Miter Was a Writer

Many poets have one thing in common, drugs and/or alcohol. Many of them may claim that their writing is often influenced by the use of drugs and/or alcohol. They believe that creativity really begins to flow while under the influence. Well, that is what this poem about; a writer who finds creativity through the use of drugs and alcohol.

Once upon a time there was a man named Miter
who reached to the stars to become a chronic mad writer.
Spider was his first name, miter was his last,
his middle name was mad because he wrote so fast.

His love wasn't clear, either was his life,
his focus was a woman who stabbed him with a knife.
Miter was a writer who held his power in his ink,
his ideas were amazing under the influence of a drink.

Dirty women, dark and light, were objects of his desire;
he seemed to be obsessed with the thought of breathing fire.
He carried a wicked pen, donned a liquid glowing eye,
he spent his time writing, drinking, thinking, and getting high.

Paul Hickey
11-22-11