Me and ChatGPT Wrote a Poem
If you can't beat them, write with them
The middleman. The average Joe. A goldilocks guy — never high, never low.
Always in the middle, he’s a steady flow. Neither too fast nor too slow.
Between a rock and a hard place, on the middle floor. He’s not got nothing, but he could want more.
But content he remains, with what he has in store. Living life with a smile, never seeking to score.
A jack-of-all-trades, mastery’s overdone. He doesn’t need a lot. Just enough, and he’s won.
Simple pleasures are his joy, under the moon and sun. In his heart, he knows, his battles are won.
About the Creator
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I’m a writer, a storyteller, a lunatic. I imagine in a parallel universe I might be a caricaturist or a botanist or somewhere asleep on the moon — but here, I am a writer, turning moments into multiverses and making homes out of them.
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Letter to our Queer & Trans Youth
Hey, you. I thought I’d start this letter by telling you a little about myself, just so you know who you’re dealing with. I’m an emotional dad, father to three amazing kids who we met through the foster care system, and whose presence in our lives has really transformed my sense of responsibility to the communities that surround us. The connections we’ve made with one another, with our extended families, and with the communities where we live and look for belonging have catapulted us into this whirlwind of emotional tumult which, while not easy by any stretch of the measure, has also been remarkably healing. I realize ours is really only a one-sided chosen family, since our kids didn’t get to choose to live here, but I’d like to think that they did choose to let us love them, which allowed them to grow to love us. And I think that’s where I want to go with this letter- to a place where you can find belonging and healing- even if the pathway there may be peppered with some emotional tumult.
By F Cade Swanson4 days ago in Pride
Comments (2)
I see you like to introduce yourself by pronouncing your name backwards. I've been introducing myself as Ydnar Enyaw Kconk ever since college & Ydnar Enyaw Kconk-Nosilllej ever since getting married. I'm assuming ChatGPT produced what's in italics?
Beautiful work!!!