Sore butt - A life lesson Hi,Hope you are well in the moment you read this. This is based on a real person. It occurred after I completed my short film, Born in a Storm.(Written in 2012) (Still from Born in a Storm- available in Short Films)Put your head between your knees, brace for impact I was making video transfersFor a livingFairly standard stuffOn the fringes of Film and TelevisionYet I wanted inTo the Real Thing. I made a short filmThat took many monthsWork, money and heartThe latter, being the most importantYet had few avenuesTo pursue at the finish. It was harder to make your way thenI was unconnectedAnd a little guileless. He was a salesmanIn our companyWho said he had contactsI knew he was slipperyYet gave it upLike a broke whore. I looked after himAnd his clientsAbove all othersLost in hopeAnd smokeOf the dream. In shortI raised my assTo be poundedAgain and again. My belief and self esteemDiminished each timeYet my doubt grewHis excuses for the delaysAre probably referencedIn the Salesman’s HandbookAnd finallyAs the truth settled on my corpseI knewI had to let it go. Nothing ever came of the filmBut I had learnt some important lessonsLike a Hollywood cliché. Yet there was no subsequentPunishment for himOr enlightenment for me. I grew to respect cautionAs I avoidedA further poundingDown the lineIn other formsWith a justified disdainFor salesmen. I wished death upon that motherfuckerThough I’m long over itAnd went onto make other short filmsBetter onesAnd wrote stories and novelsAnd poetryAbout assholes like him. And yetOccasionallyIt still hurts to sit. Speaking of assholes, I'm sure you've known a few too.Have a story to share? Please share this page if you can. It really helps me out. And I need all the help I can get. May you have a good week. CheersAnthony
Hi,Hope you are well in the moment you read this. This is based on a real person. It occurred after I completed my short film, Born in a Storm.(Written in 2012) (Still from Born in a Storm- available in Short Films)Put your head between your knees, brace for impact I was making video transfersFor a livingFairly standard stuffOn the fringes of Film and TelevisionYet I wanted inTo the Real Thing. I made a short filmThat took many monthsWork, money and heartThe latter, being the most importantYet had few avenuesTo pursue at the finish. It was harder to make your way thenI was unconnectedAnd a little guileless. He was a salesmanIn our companyWho said he had contactsI knew he was slipperyYet gave it upLike a broke whore. I looked after himAnd his clientsAbove all othersLost in hopeAnd smokeOf the dream. In shortI raised my assTo be poundedAgain and again. My belief and self esteemDiminished each timeYet my doubt grewHis excuses for the delaysAre probably referencedIn the Salesman’s HandbookAnd finallyAs the truth settled on my corpseI knewI had to let it go. Nothing ever came of the filmBut I had learnt some important lessonsLike a Hollywood cliché. Yet there was no subsequentPunishment for himOr enlightenment for me. I grew to respect cautionAs I avoidedA further poundingDown the lineIn other formsWith a justified disdainFor salesmen. I wished death upon that motherfuckerThough I’m long over itAnd went onto make other short filmsBetter onesAnd wrote stories and novelsAnd poetryAbout assholes like him. And yetOccasionallyIt still hurts to sit. Speaking of assholes, I'm sure you've known a few too.Have a story to share? Please share this page if you can. It really helps me out. And I need all the help I can get. May you have a good week. CheersAnthony