The Making of a Key

Poems & Songs by Dustin Drennen

Damn the sleep won't come
The words I don't know for meanings too familiar
-fighting to go out from me, but without a vehicle-
The popular opinion that finds my ways suspect
Conformity that buys nothing and sells fear
The fading of my vigor
The increase of my longing
Petty fights over closely guarded prejudices
Fictions taught as truth, especially those designed to govern and subject
The mercurial fact...

-Excerpt from the poem "day-ender"

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About this book

I've been writing poems and songs since I was six years old. I'm not bragging. For all the time I have in it, I should be better than I am. I've played the publishing game and seen some of my work published. The truth is, none of that matters to me. The art is incredibly subjective. I don't care about the fashion or the critics, and I don't have to. Just as I do not look to a label to put out my music, I do not look to a publisher to put out my written work. It is simple, unpretentious. Here is a thing I made, you might like it. You don't need someone to tell you whether or not to like it. Decide for yourself.