Written by m ennenbach

an argument against necromancy

if you are going
to love someone
make it a paleontologist
someone that is willing
to sift
through the dirt and strata
to find the skeleton
hidden away
to take the time
to clean the remains
rebuild a stable structure
with nuts and bolts
long after
it has all fallen apart
don’t fall in love
with a failed necromancer
like me
trying every spell
to resurrect the dead
with no basic understanding
of right or wrong
just an ancient tome
and fleeting rememberance
of what love once looked like
you need someone
willing to build
a calcified edifice
to imagination
not one that prefers
the dead
over the living

49 thoughts on “an argument against necromancy”

      1. There is no truth without the absurd.

        I love dropping lame lines like that. Love it even more when other people do it but are serious and think they are laying their profound deep thoughts on the world.

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          1. I’ve been toying with the idea of having an anti-inspirational post every Friday. With an accompanying goofy photo of me in a yoga pose dressed as some hypocrite, self-serving, self-identified guru asshole.

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              1. I figure Friday is the best day because I will have the potential to ruin not just one day, but the whole weekend for someone.

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                    9. Right. It isn’t like this blog is successful. No matter how I try I can’t scrape together likes and comments. Maybe podcasts and books will do the trick. A sense of fulfillment or purpose. Everything else has been a total failure, time to try and fail in other realms

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                    10. It’s good to do things outside the WordPress bubble. Tara and I were talking about that, the other day. We are a bunch of writers reading other writers. How do we reach the non-writers?

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                    11. I barely reach other writers. I can’t figure that much out. That’s why I decided to try podcasts. I don’t know how to chase down success. In August I’m going to convention but it is mostly for horror and that isn’t my style. It seems impossible all the way around. I’m at the edge of giving up.

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                    12. You have a book coming out, that’s more than most people. I wouldn’t consider that failing.

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                    13. You’re right. I’m just giving in to the depression. I fought it for so long. It’s just disheartening to have a passion and watch as the world ignores it. Passion doesn’t equal talent. Hahaha. One day I’ll be bragging about reading your works before you blew up. And Tara, Emje and EC. Surrounded by talent while drowning in despair.

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                    14. I’ve been brainstorming ways in which some of us could come together and really help each other out. There’s got to be a way, but I haven’t come up with anything yet.

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                    15. Form a collective and put our own stuff out? A weekly podcast to keep people informed? Possibly other shows that touch on more than just writing? Spotlights and collabs? There must be something.

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                    16. Those are all good ideas. I’ve been seriously looking into starting my own indie publishing company.

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                    20. Yeah. To me, the only benefit of traditional publishing is having them deal with shit like that. If I’m expected to do the brunt of it, why would I want to give them a cut?

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                    25. So did I. I was reading through it last night. I like it, it’s pretty easy to digest.

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                1. If I find something, I’ll mail it to you. Gotta start somewhere ☺️ ohmygod and -please- wear leggings!!!

                  Are those posts the ones where I begin and end every comment with “namaste”??

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                  1. Leggings? Some really tight white ones, as to overly accentuate my balls. That would really trigger the old gag reflex.

                    I’m no yogi, but I believe the proper salutation is “namaste, bitches”

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                    4. Now see, you think you’re all for it, but then it happens, and it’s too late. . . It’s too late

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