newyork &mdash; lastname{first}; https://secondname.actionsnacks.net/tag:newyork “Call me by my second name.” Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:29:49 +0000 New York, 2017 https://secondname.actionsnacks.net/new-york-2017?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[In the early months of 2017, struggling to force myself out of an over five-year writer's block, I would leave for the office early to secretly write and record songs for an anniversary gift in empty meeting rooms. While looking through old notebooks a while back, I happened across a poem I’d forgotten I had written. Scribbled on a page opposite drafted lyrics and notes, it was the only other thing I could push through my block at the time. Looking back, almost five years later, it's one of the most telling things I was ever able to write down. !--more-- #poetry #nostalgia #newyork]]> In the early months of 2017, struggling to force myself out of an over five-year writer's block, I would leave for the office early to secretly write and record songs for an anniversary gift in empty meeting rooms. While looking through old notebooks a while back, I happened across a poem I’d forgotten I had written. Scribbled on a page opposite drafted lyrics and notes, it was the only other thing I could push through my block at the time. Looking back, almost five years later, it's one of the most telling things I was ever able to write down.

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