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Author's Comment:

My dear Chennies and Chennettes,

Tonight's release is a little more on the venomous side. It does have a story behind it though. See, one of the things I can never stand is when someone uses the example of modern day rap to be the reason why, 'rap isn't poetry' or in my case, poetry can't be rap.

But when you think about it, if you want to convey the kind of angry emotions you have inside your heart, rhyme and rhythm is one of the best ways to do that. Poetry itself, is a sophisticated art form and so angry poetry doesn't really come across as having the kind of fire that you'd like it to have. Sure you can make clever and snappy rhyming insults, but you can't really get in someone's face if you're just doing straight poetry.

For that reason, I choose instead to use rap. Of course, rap or more accurately, urban poetry is what I first started out with so it's a vibe that I like to bring across because it lets me explore so much more of the human emotional spectrum than I could while simply writing intelligently. I'll save the meaningful stuff for the short poems or my more peaceful works.

But yeah, when someone mentions that or tries to show me flowery stuff which they'd rather suggest I write, well, this is the result x'D

Enjoy everyone! Don't forget to check out the audio!

- Word of Chen

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