EJ Aghassi

EJ Aghassi Feb 2014

I burned my tongue
while looking out the window

I couldn't help but find irony
in the juxtaposition of hot
and terrible cold

I see a familiar gray figure

the notion of feeling like
your stomach is splitting in two
in the good way

but it's just my mind playing tricks on me

I wish so strongly
to find you out there in stormy weather

cold
shaking

so I could take you inside
dry you off
and hold you until
the shivering subsides

EJ Aghassi Feb 2014

high d(owntown)

mermaid far from sea
from dreams, it would seem

how is it that the odds
are in my favor for once?

not only can you walk
the ground in
warm welcome
of your pretty step

you can talk

but above all else

you talk to me
you walk beside me

sea legs I see legs
they're there
so elegant
the way they
rest upon one
another

and time is the enemy
the one time it seems to be on my side
for once i want
it to stop completely

gravitational
sensation
pulls with
enchanted
verbalization

you smile
i can't help but to fixate on
that tender arch in your lips
i long for them

and i think that smile could be for me

for once i think it could be for me

EJ Aghassi Feb 2014

purgatory

I can't stomach the thought
of you being with me

but also
I can't live with knowing
you've gone on without

EJ Aghassi Feb 2014

I swear I do appreciate you

nana gave me cash
for gas

bless her heart

& I still spent half
on Pabst

EJ Aghassi Feb 2014

Lamenting Our Furry Friends

What went so wrong in your life, little rabbit?
why do my headlights beckon you so?

why do you long, long, little rabbit
to be swept violently undertow?

my heart goes out to you
i sigh
as the thought plays
behind my eyes

you furry little guys
coming home, beating wives
hating lives, thinking twice
living lies
you capsize

is that why
you want to leave it all behind?

life goes on, bunny buddy
take that to heart and grow

my night filled with swerving
and shaking & braking
ends more than
your "right now" problems, *you know

This is old, but I hit one of the poor ******* with my car tonight.
Consider this his wake.

EJ Aghassi Feb 2014

3:15 I am

yes
the world can be
a scary place

yet
much more frightening
is the mind

EJ Aghassi Feb 2014

two fourteen

there's enough moon up there for two to share*

you think to yourself
as you sit alone