Books Quote by William Matthews
![“I was miserable, of course, for I was seventeen, and so I swung into action and wrote a poem, and it was miserable, for that's how I thought poetry worked: you digested experience and shat literature. [from "Mingus at the Showplace"]” quote by William Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f9d/william-matthews-20067_books_i-was-miserable-of-course-for-i-was-seve_1597964.jpg)
““I was miserable, of course, for I was seventeen, and so I swung into action and wrote a poem, and it was miserable, for that's how I thought poetry worked: you digested experience and shat literature. [from "Mingus at the Showplace"]””
