Hi Harry,
In the typographical experimentation and punctuation I can see some superficial similarities to E. E. Cummings, but Cummings poems usually involve wordplay, metaphors, similes, inventive imagery - which this doesn't as far as I can tell.
Glenn's comment helped somewhat with interpretation, although I'm not seeing in what way this poem addresses the writing process. I can gather from the poem that the N is or feels constantly in the wrong, the object of criticism from others. I think in the first stanza he is being photographed (not sure for what purpose), in the second stanza he is learning to drive, then in the third perhaps he is in school writing a paper and getting distracted (?) but really I don't know .... In the fourth he seems to be speaking to a therapist about his perceived failings, and the final stanza is him running into trouble with the law.
What I would really like to know is what purpose the scrambled syntax serves here and whether it is necessary to this particular poem. Is it meant to make the reader feel as disoriented and "in the wrong" as the N feels? Does it represent his failure to master the very basics of life, language? Or is it merely there to distract us?
I don't know. I wonder whether it would be possible to write this poem without hiding behind chopped up sentences and exclamation marks that serve no purpose. I also wonder about the complete lack of imagery.
It's also possible that I am missing the point, but maybe something here will be helpful.
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