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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Happiness is Hard

                                    © Janne Karlsson


I want to write but I’m
Too damn happy.
Sure, I’m depressed and
I have a shit job and
I haven’t seen a payrise
Since before we all saw
Kim Kardashian’s cunt
But I’m happy,
And it’s hard

I need to be able to write
Without the dove-shit white
Page gradually turning black
I’ve no way to let the
Beast out.  The madness out.
My condition will remain caged,
Locked up and prowling
Inside of me, eating
Whatever’s left of my soul 

-by David Louden


Belfast native David Louden is the author of the roman á clef neo-beat novels Lost Angeles, Bone Idol [bohn ahyd-l] and the novella-short story hybrid White Mexicans chronicling the life of his alter-ego Doug Morgan.  His major influences in literature have been cited as Charles Bukowski, John Fante, William S. Burroughs and Brendan Behan. At present Louden is developing a Noir project for television set in Belfast which he hopes will go into pre-production within the year.


Art Courtesy: Janne Karlsson

Janne Karlsson is a wildly prolific Swedish illustrator and writer.