Nerdy Novelist

You were the best creative artist in school

When nobody else really had a say

There was really only room for one like you

And everyone else had to get out of the way

Creatively brilliant but socially awkward

It is difficult for you to get through everyday life

Your abrasive personality, you just can't polish a turd

Everything with you is a struggle and a fight

Unappreciative and unapologetic as your people do the book events grunt work

Having to deal with your ego and demands is really more trouble than it's worth

But your literary mastery is the reason why they can pay their bills

They give in to your many demands while giving you looks that could kill

But people can't wait to read what you will write next

They love the Nerdy Novelist 

They say you are a literary and creative genius

But I just see a Nerdy Novelist

You have completed your next adventure story

But everyone has read this story before

You mailed this one in for the money and the glory

As you sign copies of your best selling novel at the local bookstore

People wait in line for hours just to meet you

But you look at them with contempt like they are complete buffoons

They want you to personalize their book but you only sign your name

You tell them time constraints are getting in the way

There are the ones who put money in your pocket but you don't care

As they tell you they love you and your work, you give them a cold stare

They leave disappointed as you are not what they hoped you would be

But you don't care, they came to your event and you say, this is all about me!

But people can't wait to read what you will write next

They love the Nerdy Novelist

They say you are a creative and literary genius

But I just see a Nerdy Novelist

From Too Much Unwanted Noise

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