I kinda think this story is a little…suspicious:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/30/people.hasselhoff.ap/index.html

In other, non-David Hasselhoff related news, I have minimal ambition for writing lately. This doesn’t happen to me very often, as I usually find my writing to be such a vital part of my daily routine and spiritual practice.

Usually, this means I need to pick up a guitar more aggressively for a while and switch to that mode of expression. I spent a good deal of time this afternoon with the “new” electric, which was nice; I haven’t explored that palette enough since I got it back.

But of course, I have decided I need a new amp now. I’m thinking Vox AC30.

Never fails: consumption leads to more consumption.

ALSO: Sleater-Kinney is going on indefinite hiatus, with no plans for future recordings or tours. Shoot me now.

These days I am less
a poet
than a song
and dance man.

I know every step
and every word
to every popular
bit of show.

Nighttimes find me
on stages all over the country
parroting others’ psyches
and shaking hands afterward.

Then
I am erased and
I go back to being
a blank tape.

I’m waiting for
the next bit of
another person’s inspiration
I can copy.

I don’t think
I’ll ever write another poem
that wasn’t written first
by some one else.

I try sometimes
but I erase every other word
when I recognize it
from somewhere.

I wanted to be the first poet
to write a poem without
articles or pronouns or nouns
or verbs or any other parts of speech.

Staring at this blank page
makes me realize
that’s an easy goal
to achieve.

All I have to do
is see a magical poem
in my head
and not write it down.

No one will ever know
I’ve written it
but it will be my secret
touchstone.

When I’m up on stage
I can dream of my illegible beauty
and be comforted
by knowing no one can steal it from me.

And the shuffle ball change
and rooty toot toot will keep me in beer
and sandwiches while I think of how jealous
everyone would be if they knew.

I’ve solved the great dilemma
that the difficulty in being original
is not in having others think you are
but in believing it yourself.