reading

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i used to be an avid reader


when i was in my early teens, i got into Tom Swift books and the Hardy Boys and the such


I couldn't get enough


i would read like a madman


then one day

it all came to an end


i picked up a pen and wrote a short story


thus ended my reading career


now i know many writers read profusely

but me

just can't do it


and here is the problem


i get a few pages into the book

and i get an idea

so 

i have to write it down


i go back to the book

couple more pages

another idea

have to write it down


back to book

another idea

write it down


back to book

read what i read before

because I've forgotten it

get another idea

write it down


fuck it


never wanted to read the book anyway


I have been over 15 years trying to read

Riverworld by Philip Jose farmer

(great series ... read it many years ago)


actually

can't even remember where the fucking book is

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