*after the strokes* kiss me now that i'm older kiss me just to forget her look away when we're sober look away we're not over watch me go all bipolar watch me break a young molar stay and let's take it slower stay and we'll hold my composure <br> ![[1-homeostasis-pic.jpg]] ## field notes this one's an anomaly from my usual writing process. 1. the poem riffs off [12:51 by the strokes](https://open.spotify.com/track/6Yu1OL8I0D4vjOzYdsXYGK?si=eab3a4b6501d42a4). i wrote it entirely through the sound of julian casablancas's dry vocals and the lazy melody line. 1. *Lead guitarist Nick Valensi managed to painstakingly create the sound of a synthesized keyboard with his guitar for this song. [He] reportedly blew out multiple amplifiers while trying to achieve [the tone]. However when a friend heard it, he responded with crushing logic, “Why didn’t he just play a keyboard?” —[Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrokes/comments/m1v2mw/1251the_endred_light_guitar_tone/)* 2. it started as an exercise in form rather than narrative. i made myself stick to couplets, ~7 syllables per line. then the story wrote itself.