I ate a lot before I went to sleep last night, but then I fasted all day on nothing but coffee.

I talked for more than an hour to a girl I like.  In person.

I smoked a little marijuana.

I spoke to people; you should have seen me.

I read some Shakespeare.

I drew some shit on the side of my notebook.

I wore a hat; it rained briefly.

I can't wait until it ( Read more... )

I don’t want to lie to the children.

There is no Santa Claus, no Easter Bunny, no Tooth Fairy.

I know it felt good to believe

that a spirit so kind would trot from house to house

with the greatest intentions and a sac full of treats

just for being young.

But those toys that once sprawled across my room

have since been passed along or ( Read more... )

I was just strumming and humming a tune.

Dad knocks on the door

and says, “I can hear your music,”

and I can tell that putting this delicately

is painful for him.

“I’d like to hear it, but not at 5 A.M.”

I want to say so much,

I want to explain that I was trying to write a song,

but I say nothing and stare at the floor,

still hugging the ( Read more... )

Everything is perfect

on my parent’s boat,

swaying back and forth,

sweat pouring off my face and back.

Every girl I’ve ever loved is gone.

1970’s mix blares on.

I think I’ll write them all when I get home,

any with an address I can still find.

Look at what my father’s money bought.

Add a little lotion where it burns,

and drink until ( Read more... )

I ducked into the closet

and took a drag off my metal cigarette.

I looked up and saw a framed picture of myself

holding my dead dog in my arms on the stairs,

head tilted, embracing her soft, white neck

like a stuffed animal.  I hold it in for a while

and let it out slowly, warm and always

a little confused about death.

I glide ( Read more... )

And the town where I wasted a year

now is just the name of a street

in the city where I live.

Here come the bulldozers,

here come the cranes;

they’ve come to make us all a little more insane.

And I can barely see the stars at night.

And I would give my cap and gown

to the homeless lady

if I thought it would make a difference.

DEAR LOVED ONE,

How are you doing now, with hope in my believe that you are
alright.
This notice is for you from my kinsman now in Cannada,who send me a
cheque of ($120,000) one hundred and twenty thousand dollars for you in
appreciation to you passed efforts towards helping him the other time in
money transaction which was later carried ( Read more... )

I kept a leaf in my pocket ( Read more... )

Yes, a day is merely forever

In memory’s shiningness,

And a year but a gust or a gasp

In the summer’s dying heat of Time, and in that last summer

I was almost ready to learn

What imagination is-it is only

The lie we must learn to live by, if ever

We mean to live at all…

The salt air of sea, and the only sound to our ears

Was the slap and hiss far below, for ( Read more... )

in two hours, i will leave for arizona for some road trip, marijuana, grand canyon, basketball, sunshine, open mic, hiking, best friends, jam session mix.  don't know when i'll be back.

we're having poetry class outside today.  it's funny to me because last semester i asked my creative writing professor if we could have class outside and he said ( Read more... )