“Move that pen & don’t pause to question what the fuck you’re doing.
Write in your dreams, on the subway, as you walk
(1 day you may wake up too beaten down to throw your heart to the wolves anymore).
So don’t waste the energized, purposeful times
This very second, run don’t walk!
Go! Write!”
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