dear dear dear dear
October 8, 2008
you remember
the things you do while
alone that you think
no one can see
and you stomach the days
knowing the ways
that you throw all you say
to the sea
when your alone
and your back
is turned
to the world
and what you really love
and what you really hate
and what you really think
and what you really do
and how you cope
and how i hope
you choke on all the
blood you drew
when your alone
and you think
i’m not
watching
A Man for and With Others
September 5, 2008
I am no longer a student
But a scholar A follower
Of the teachings of Ignatius
My life is changing rapidly
To transform into a new
Being of competence
To show the world my best
What am I to become?
What am I in four short years?
What am I in my prime?
What am I when I move on to the other half of life?
I answer you now
I shall become
A Man for and With Others
I will be
A Man for and With Others
I shall succeed as
A Man for and With Others
When I leave this place I’ll be still
A Man for and With Others
thin chinster was not a man a-tall ya know?
August 24, 2008
sharp faced,
butt chined,
tall, and thin -
a narrow man was he
turned side to the right
and to all’s delight
he done become 2-d
man
July 25, 2008
jobs to big for you
i can man tain
water too cold for you
can be held in my
man teen
you eat bananas
but i eat
man tains
you do things ten times
i do them to the man teenth time
and people are impressed
you carry a multitool
but i carry a mantool
and you drink beer
i drink maneer
and poop
manooer
i’m more manly and drink
man 2 - oh
while you stick with hydrogen
and my manercise
makes your pilates look even more feminine
i do one-armed man ups
and man presses in my sleep
but usually i only feel
mantastic when i’m around my woman
your torrential downpour -
wash us clean from our pride
to remind us
of things we cannot control
your voice alone is the thunder
your grace alone is the rain
no matter the price of gas
you will not cease to send your rain
people dying in earthquakes
those who will drown today in oceans
they’re as real as this house
this street, this page, these words
and my wife.
you created life
we try so hard to harness
you alone create.
how small i am and how big you are
to strike down,
create
destroy
remembering that you are not safe
but you are good
your rain
so thick i cannot see
you remind us who you are
and who are
we.
confessions
June 19, 2008
i am a real man
and kuding is my tea
beer or scotch and gin alike
they all appeal to me

