I’m on a never-ending quest for turnkey phrases, those magical combinations of words that drive themselves relentlessly towards unique expressions of ideas and memories. Once assembled, they’ll propel themselves forward like an unstoppable freight train, hellbent on smashing writer’s block, becoming my guiding light into the elusive territory of original expression.

Every time I think I’ve found one of these elusive phrases, I feel like I’ve just cracked the code to something special. Of course, more often than not, they fizzle out and fade into the obscurity of my digital archive. Yet, I persist, chasing these particular alignments of words that people will steal and stick on their tumblr feed.

Every verse and essay I write has a deeper meaning. Deep secrets are hidden between the lines. and they’re there for the taking if people care to notice. Eventually, I’ll stumble on the turnkey phrases that will get people to listen to this and all these other things that I’ve learned. Plenty of modern-day pop and rock stars have found more than fair share. Now it’s up to this absurdly prolific essayist and verse scribbler to do the same.