All that is needed for emo to triumph is that good men do nothing.

[substitute]

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;
“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”

—Stephen Crane
from The Black Riders and Other Lines

Comments

[verminefasciste.livejournal.com]

springheel_jack introduced me to stephen crane, and to that poem. He thought I would like it, and I did. It was immensely satisfying.

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

And so very emo!

[verminefasciste.livejournal.com]

Boy, you got so much game you need a referee.

[bruisedhips.livejournal.com]

I love that poem. R bought me a Stephen Crane poem book for christmas this year and I read it all the first night. Some of them are silly but entirely profound.
good stuff.

[odradak.livejournal.com]

I actually kind of like that.

[tuliphead.livejournal.com]

i'm not generally big on poetry, but that's one of my favorites.