Watch me make things complicated
It’s a gift
So much a gift I never got much further than long division
Or tying my shoes
Or learning when it’s okay to touch people
Turns out
Life is not the game of tag I thought it was
Not everyone touches you back
Never learned that
Gets so bad
I break handshakes for hugs
and then I stand there way to long
I can never go back to my dentist’s office again
After he finally pried me from his shoulders
He was kind enough to loosen the foot in my mouth
Told me I got toes for teeth
And I was thankful
For the suction tube
And the Novocain
Asked him for more
And more
Just enough to numb the jabber in my jaw
Took 2 vicadin after to keep my arms at bay
If I could have
I’d’a told him
Every word burnin holes in my brain
And I am thankful
Knowing that I’d’ve at least stopped at long division
And tying my shoes
I never learned how
not to say all the wrong things
Never really learned anything
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011 at 9:44 PM UTC
Watch me make things complicated
It’s a gift
So much a gift I never got much further than long division
Or tying my shoes
Or learning when it’s okay to touch people
Turns out
Life is not the game of tag I thought it was
Not everyone touches you back
Never learned that
Gets so bad
I break handshakes for hugs
and then I stand there way to long
I can never go back to my dentist’s office again
After he finally pried me from his shoulders
He was kind enough to loosen the foot in my mouth
Told me I got toes for teeth
And I was thankful
For the suction tube
And the Novocain
Asked him for more
And more
Just enough to numb the jabber in my jaw
Took 2 vicadin after to keep my arms at bay
If I could have
I’d’a told him
Every word burnin holes in my brain
And I am thankful
Knowing that I’d’ve at least stopped at long division
And tying my shoes
I never learned how
not to say all the wrong things
Never really learned anything
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