Saturday, March 14, 2026

James Joyce vs. a red bikini

ten pages into the book,
Finnegan's Wake,
i stop reading and close it.
i put it back
on the shelf.
why am
i reading this book?
what's the point.
yes, it's a classic, a must
read for
anyone with half
a brain,
so they claim, but i can't
do it.
i'm taking nothing in.
the stream of consciousness,
the names,
the plot,
the whole story is 
baffling.
maybe if it wasn't so sunny
out, and the birds
weren't chirping,
and my neighbor wasn't
out there sunbathing
in her red bikini,
i'd try again.

No comments: