rob-cochran
Born in Globe, Arizona. / Went to college in Santa Fe, NM - studied theatre. / Lived in Seattle from 1991 - 2005. / Began writing poetry under the name "Jason Matson" in 2003. / Moved to Mexico for five years to work on a documentary about World Citizenship. / Now living in Portland, OR since 2011. / Also goes by the name BajaRob and HypnoRob
I’ve spent years
Insisting I was right.
Now, all I want
Is to be wrong.
Stay.
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024 at 10:22 PM UTC
This is stupid!
I’ve been beaten and abused,
Mistreated and used.
And yet, for some reason,
I keep carrying you.
Is it because I love you?
No, that can’t be it it.
Maybe it’s just because
I don’t like to litter.
Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023 at 11:49 PM UTC
Customer: I'll HAVE YOU FIRED!
Server: You can’t have me fired.
You can’t have me fired, you can’t have me hired.
You can't have me drawn and quartered
Shamed and distorted
You can’t have me grovel before you,
labeled and branded,
Then handcuffed and handed over
Just to “Justify” or so to “Satisfy”
The bright and shiny way
You walked in here today
Thinking you’ll have it your way
Just like you always do
A big ****** whoop-dee-doo!
Well, I got some news for you, boo.
You couldn’t have me fired if you lied,
You couldn’t have me fired if you tried
So step aside, Clyde.
.
You know why?
Because you
Can’t
Have
Me!
Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021 at 12:03 AM UTC
I can feel your cool breath on the back of my neck
It's damp and smells like the earth
I hear you whisper to me
Don’t be afraid
They’re going to be okay
Everything is going to be okay
You place your strong hand in mine
The other, I can feel sliding around my waste
If we’re going to dance, I say, I usually lead
Not this time, my love
This time you follow.
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020 at 11:00 AM UTC
It’s true that privilege is invisible to those who have it.
But once you’ve seen your privilege with your own eyes, you can never unsee it.
And when that privilege is challenged you feel angry
but you know now that challenging privilege is justified.
So what do you do with that anger?
Where do you put this fiery ember that you’re holding on to?
In the past, you would have flung it at the one who dared to challenge you.
But you can’t do that anymore.
So you have to let it burn you.
And the burns heal into scars.
And the scars become a right of passage
that leads you back
to being more fully human.
Dec 18, 2019
Dec 18, 2019 at 8:46 AM UTC
Temblando al borde de la locura
Tratando de encontrar un centro de gravedad
Cortando mi circulación para hacer esta declaración
sobre mi habilidad natural como reina nacida
a caminar con tanta fabulosidad.
Aunque este vestido es una monstruosidad,
mi cabello es una curiosidad,
hay mucho acerca de este alto paso que no anticipé.
Por ejemplo cómo el balanceo de mis caderas
contrarresta el movimiento de mis dedos.
¿Quién sabía que habría tal orquestación?
Un cuerpo en concierto: ¡una ovación de pie!
Y cada paso otro encore,
Gritando delirantemente: "¡Más! ¡Más! ¡Más!"
Y de repente, el mundo es nuevo.
Nunca lo he visto desde este punto de vista.
Me sorprende la diferencia que unas pulgadas pueden hacer
para cambiar la realidad que ahora crea yo
Y aunque mis pies están apretados como tocones
en estas bombas de tacón de aguja de seis pulgadas,
un testimonio que debo profesar;
Qué maravilloso es ser
un muchacho en un vestido.
Jul 8, 2018
Jul 8, 2018 at 2:09 AM UTC
For five minutes
I can close my eyes
And feel the heat rise
From inside the deep Earth
Out the top of my head
And into the sky
And I won’t ask why
For five minutes
I can let myself cry
Apr 27, 2016
Apr 27, 2016 at 2:23 AM UTC
"I'm not your pinche half-eaten
left-over burrito
that you don't really want anymore
but feel guilty about throwing away."
Either way, dude
Heartburn's coming.
Aug 23, 2015
Aug 23, 2015 at 2:11 AM UTC
Approximately 14 billion years ago
The universe exploded with possibilies
One of which
Was me
Now
Here I am
And I have something to say
Aug 22, 2015
Aug 22, 2015 at 11:37 PM UTC
Hey you up there!
Flying around in your underwear
I know you’re busy
Saving the world and stuff
but I gotta tell ya
It ain’t enough.
Yes, you can jump buildings
In a single bound
But we really need you
Here on the ground.
Just look around, man.
I don’t understand
How you came to be
But defying gravity
Is not something most folks can do
And unlike you
We can’t stop a bullet
With a mullet and a Mountain Dew.
So you might as well come on down
And help us move some **** around
Cause we got a lot of work to do
And we could use a guy like you.
Or two.
Aug 19, 2015
Aug 19, 2015 at 4:56 AM UTC