Brenton Booth

The Failed Writer

He was once
a school
teacher
and has been
to every
country more
than twice
and most
of the islands
too
and whenever I
see him he
always asks me
about my
writing
which I’d prefer
not to talk
about
but do not
to be
rude
though whenever
I talk he either
talks over me
half way through
what I was
saying
listens without
any interest
or responds in a negative
way
he tells me
he wants to eventually
write a novel
I have over 60
years of life experiences
to draw from
he boasts
and I know he
won’t
writing is a young
man’s game
if you reach 60
and haven’t even started
yet
you never
will
life experience means
nothing without
the skill to use
it
and even less
when all you
can do with it
is disrespect
those
that do
what you never
had
the courage
to.

 

Brenton Booth lives in Sydney, Australia. His latest book Bash the Keys Until They Scream is available from Epic Rites Press.