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12:27AM //can't sleep and reading his words

i am MORTIFIED by the fact i can READ and REREAD your poem your words remain CAPTIVATING even after i WEAR THEM OUT i ADMIRE and hang onto simple lines that seem THREADBARE only to EVERYBODY ELSE imagine hearing YOUR VOICE recite the letters that i KNOW INSIDE and OUT i’ve already MEMORIZED a string of THOUGHTS that you put NOT EVEN FIVE minutes into and it’s obvious that THIS POEM could NEVER have THE SAME EFFECT on YOU

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that moment when you promise and swear and cross-your-heart not to go to someone's tumblr but then you drink 3/4 a bottle of gin and end up there anyway?

like fuck i have blood draws in the morning like i cant...

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Breaking down the wall with Juno (sinandserotonin)

Monkey: Obligatory ass-kissing introduction: Thank you, Juno, for agreeing to be interviewed and contributing to the "breaking the wall project". You were one of the very first writers that I started following here on tumblr. I recall a lot of poetry about murdering people and some really awesome science infused pieces in those earlier tumblr days and I for one am extremely impressed by the way you weave words together. I and a lot of other people have seen you slowly grow up and mature into the person you are now. This leads me to my first question: How do you feel about being tumblr famous? (I know you're not TKG famous, but in the TWC you are pretty freaking famous, at least in my humble opinion.) Juno: Thanks for having me; I'm stoked to have you interview me since you're THE purplemonkeysexgod69 (which should be a household name by now). Monkey: Ha ha. The monkey is just performance art. He's attempting to be the Andy Kaufman or Borat of tumblr; purely a concept of a slightly deranged mind. But this interview is about you, not the monkey. Juno: Well, I still don't consider myself famous but having more followers has been a double-edged sword. On one hand, my poems and daily shenanigans get more exposure which is always nice. But on the other, plagiarism has been getting to be a big headache; I've considered quitting tumblr, making password-protected blogs, etc. In the end though, I really like tumblr as a way to get my words out and having lots of great followers that alert me to plagiarism really helps me out. If you've helped me in the past with that sort of thing, thanks guys. *waves appreciatively to crowd* Monkey: In what ways do you think you have grown as a person and writer since you first started your blog? Juno: Hmm. I had a blog before this one that I used for about three years; some of you may know it. It was wordsbecomeswords and in the beginning, I was a junior in high school writing the typical shitty emo poetry about the eternal darkness in my heart and such. It's actually quite embarrassing now but everyone starts somewhere, right? Over the course of four years, I've lived life a bit more and I think it shows in my writing. Girls, higher education, falling into a bad crowd, a small stint with addiction, finding my real friends, exploring my world, and eventually ending up more or less pretty okay at the end of it. When I first started writing, I was convinced that poetry was simply pain put into words but now I realize that I can also be funny or show everyone just how beautiful and amazing things can be. Sure, life may still suck from time to time but sometimes you get a bag of crushed up Doritos and despite how much that sucks, you still go on with life. Because there are bags of Doritos with nothing but whole chips. Just think of the possibilities. (I'm not partial to Doritos but I'm at my best friend's house and he's mad about all his chips being crushed up straight out of the bag) Monkey: From those I have read on tumblr, I would place most in one of two categories: those who live through their words and those whose words live through them. I would put you in the latter of the two. I feel that your writing is more of a product of your experience than it is of academic osmosis. This is of course an oversimplification, as most writers will find themselves somewhere between those two categories at any given moment. Would you please share with us what your typical "process" is when writing poetry? What begins the process? How do you go about writing a poem? How long does it usually take you to write a poem? Juno: Well, I usually write a poem in one of two different ways. 1. "oh fuck I'm having an emotion/remembering something/doing something right now." I'd say about 80% of my poems are written like this. The poems are usually finished within 5 - 10 min and are just churned out without any frills. More of an emesis of words than anything. 2. "I have an idea and will think this through." These make up the remaining 20%. I'll have a concept for a poem in my mind and will usually jot down a line or two and save it in my drafts; these can take anywhere from 30 minutes to months to complete. Sometimes I just leave them alone until I find the inspiration to finish them. These poems are more controlled and usually sound less... unfiltered. Monkey: Excellent. Thank you for sharing. Now onto the more difficult questions... I have no clue as to what this "wall" we are breaking is. I never knew we were part of a "tumblr writing community" until long after I was on tumblr. I think its just all made up. To this day I have no idea what someone needs to do to become part of the TWC other than just interacting with people. It also seems to me that the vast majority of its "members" are poets, not prose writers, in this "TWC". What does the TWC mean to you? What do you think of the TWC? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it a clique? Juno: I agree with you on that one. I really think that the TWC is something that people want to be a part of but it's not an actual thing; they just gave a name to a bunch of friendly poets swapping jokes and advice. They gave it a name and importance and suddenly it becomes a wall that seems impossible to break. I don't know about being a member of the intimidation factor people dubbed the TWC, but I AM a guy who writes and talks to other poets to learn a few things and have fun along the way. Monkey: What advice would you give a writer who is new to tumblr and wants to get their writing read? Juno: Tag your work (I use #poetry and #spilled ink but there are more), talk to other writers for both friendship and advice, and don't become one of those elitist douchebags who rant about never getting featured or not being as popular as another poet. No one wants to read work from a guy who constantly whines about how much better he is than everyone else. Just keep writing and thank every follower that tags along for the ride. Being humble and grateful will take you far. Monkey: So that's what I've been doing wrong all this time -- my sincere lack of humility. Thanks, Juno. :) Are there any literary figures that you would consider influences? Juno: The first poet I fell in love with was Poe which explains a lot of my dark early writing. It was really quite bad; utter shit as I recall. I fell in love with poetry again after discovering the confessionalists; Ginsburg, Lowell, and Berryman in particular. I also have a very soft spot for Yeats, Frost, Baudelaire, and Keats. And of course, EVERYONE loves Neruda. Monkey: You seem to follow an eclectic group of people (the same can be said about your followers). Of those you follow, are there any that you follow purely for their poetry or writing? Juno: Haha, I follow a bunch of people just for funsies. But for pure poetry, I'd have to say any poet that I follow really. I don't follow a lot of people and I don't unfollow easily. So if you're a poet and I follow you, I obviously enjoy your work in some form. If I had to throw out a few names... r-ybanez, nujanes, ambiguous-transparency, depravedevotion, blankslate, katejustkate, etc. They're mostly pretty "alt-lit" but Rex would be the exception. I really dig his old-school approach because it's something I would like to do but am entirely too unskilled for hahaha. Monkey: Thank you again for participating in this project. Is there anything else you would like to add? Like a message to the rest of the TWC, your fellow writers, readers, and followers, before we close this out? Juno: Thanks for asking me to be here! And thanks to everyone who reads what I write. Peace out, stay in school, crack is whack, no hope in dope, and eat your veggies. You can follow Juno @ sinandserotonin.tumblr.com

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Breaking down the wall with Juno (sinandserotonin)

The Monkey will be interviewing the world famous and frequently plagiarized Juno (sinandserotonin). Dun, dun, dun...

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