Sarah Kay

And at the time, I was like, oh no, I'm out here trying to be original.

I'm trying to invent new stuff.

What do you mean the universe has already thought of everything?

This is terrible.

And it really got under my skin.

But then not too long after that, I saw this video that was making the rounds online that maybe you saw where there are these birds called starlings that fly in

big formations called murmurations, and it's like a cloud of birds, and they usually move in amorphous shapes.

But someone had happened to catch a video of these birds, and all at the same time, the birds moved and formed the shape of a starling in the sky.

Oh, wow.

I did not see that.

When I saw this video, the first thought I had was, the universe has already written the poem you were planning on writing.

And for some reason in that moment, it no longer upset me.

And instead, I thought, well, maybe it's not my job to invent something new with each poem.

Maybe it just means that it's my turn to hold something to the light for a moment and consider it for whatever time I have.

I don't know, and I also think that maybe thinking about it too much prevents me from making any art at all.

So not to say I don't care, but I try not to worry about it too much.

Well, thanks.

That's a great question.

Um,

It's different now, for sure.