Even as long as the Earth has been alive
and the stars its seen explode
and the billions of species it has
deemed unfit to remain,
I wonder if ever
in its long, lauded life,
thought it would one day measure,
absolutely,
its sorrow by the gallon.
Day: July 27, 2010
Conceited men
poetryImagine a little switch that
you could just flick
just like that
‘’flick”
and whoever you’re talking
to goes silent
Like a big fat blimp far
far away
Animated
but so silent
As silent as the
night
As silent as grandma’s
Sunday afternoon,
on a quiet week
If I could get that switch
installed,
(giving the handyman a
cold, beer once
he’s done)
I’d use it on you
everytime
when you refuse to
shut the hell
up.
His power scared the crap out of me as a kid. But rain somehow dampens the fear associated with wind. The beauty of cleansing covering the reality of our need for erosion – sanctification. I suppose.
poetrywind blows the rain
batting the ground the way
i shake my sheets to make ripples when
i spread it to cover the whole bed
God’s up there, shaking this rain sheet
making sure he gets enough wind underneath to pull
the corner over the side of this city
then he calms down. tucks us in.
and whispers goodnight
Everything Seemed Normal at the Time
poetryAfter all, who doesn’t have their birthday party in the Pentagon?
Sean and I were partners as we colored espionage fish.
Cut them out with dull scissors, pasted them on the wall
Because then we’d get the tax break.
The trampoline we were on took to long to cross;
I didn’t feel as light as I should.
A few of us took pictures of the fish; no one could color very well.
We didn’t have time to asses our folly
Because that was when the eight thugs on rollerblades starting stealing presents
In the parking lot.
I knew one of them, his name was Lance.
He charged at me and I sidestepped under his swipe,
Grabbed his shirt and jabbed him in the neck.
Kevin punched another one and I tripped him as he reeled.
They ran, but I kept Lance’s shirt—it was a level nine.
The action must have been too much for Andrew though,
He kept screaming, ‘I’m going to freeze my dick! I’m going to freeze my dick!’
Your mom yelled at him not to,
But he peed in the misty corner of the room all by himself.
Outside was the beach and a verdant island.
Couldn’t visit though because Natalie wanted to leave and ran the other way.
There was a pathway between the valleys we were in with a barrier in the middle
That she couldn’t climb over,
Like when Ash tried to ride his bike over the miniature cliffs in Pokemon.
It was okay though,
Because Kenny quickly ran over and ate three circular holes through the barrier.
Natalie was still fat and couldn’t fit, so I think she went home.
The rest of us decided with her gone the next best course of action:
We spun in the sand.
Crowds joined and the tide came in.
When the waves were chest high, I saw the uniformed police officer,
He asked, “a little cold isn’t it?”
I told him it wasn’t that bad and climbed out of the lake,
The bear-sized teddy bear named Molly had been working
As a minimum-wage ranch hand all day
And we didn’t want to exploit the fact that he couldn’t swim.
His fur would get wet and then mold.
We went over to the truck rigs since we were in the industrial plant
And underneath a mountain of black trash bags we uncovered a duck suit.
The tall black guy with the mustache volunteered to wear it.
The farmer’s wife brought us eggs for breakfast and we ate them.
It would have been rude to tell her it was 28:02 o’clock.