The picturesque (poem)
A morbid longing for the picturesque
I crave it more than anything
And I find it’s been exploited
For all they want is to hold my attention for a little longer
My screen pulls me in
It beckons and calls at every dull moment
It’s learned of my longing
So it shows me what I want to see
Gray foggy mornings
Old musty libraries
Cold cities at night
And I sit and I wish
I wonder how happy I could be if only I had access to such beauty
I dream of a life in which I’m surrounded by the picturesque
So as I sit and fixate and dream, only to miss the true nature of my circumstances
The fact that my morbid longing could be fulfilled
I simply need look out my window.
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