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"conditioner" poems
Photography, Photo journalistic, Everyday, realistic. Commercial, architecture, landscape, artistic, Industrial, fashion, ethnographic, pornographic. Big Brother, fallace, stealer of souls, vouyer. News seller, instant gratifier, man pleaser, woman abuser. Barthes, Sontag, Cindy Sherman, Virginia Woolf, Warhol. Weegie, Francesca Woodman, Leibovitz, Adams, Arbus, Tina Modotti, Nan, Evans, Hoffer and even the Paparazzi. Cheap ***** digital manipulator, image poser, Center fold, coupons, Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. Where did they go: Lifeless paper product, painter's picture mess, C-type, digital archival, Sepia, black and white, hard drive retrival. Image addict, Image taker, Image maker, image seller, image buyer. Newspaper, magazine, graphics and ads, TV, dreams, even the trash. Billboards, subways, phones and buses: Utopia: Surreal, crop, stretched and air brushes. Modern ideal. Surface manipulator. Brain conditioner. Consent manufacturer. Oh Photography, I got you in my eye. A few thousand dollars, A BFA, A critical scholar. Or maybe a nerd, Just boys with toys. Telephoto genitals, with motor drive action. Studio lights, umbrella traction. Oh Photography, You proprietor of obscene. Detailed, de-sensitized. Court ordered, jury analyzed. Click, image, copy, edit, paste, print or post. Myfacespace, twitter, flicker, An internet media overdose. Pry, spy, your friend's friend's acquaintances. Parties, picnics, reunions and shows. Visits, vacation, style, shoes and clothes. Pics, photos, images, jpegs and giffs. Snap shot, portrait, panoramic, Kodak kiss. Exacerbate: Divorce, break-ups, jealousy, envy, love and fears. Devour and captivate society for years. Slaves to Western and Capitalist desires, Destruction of Earth with psychological, monetary empires.
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Jan 11, 2010
Jan 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM UTC
On Photography
Photography, Photo journalistic, Everyday, realistic. Commercial, architecture, landscape, artistic, Industrial, fashion, ethnographic, pornographic. Big Brother, fallace, stealer of souls, vouyer. News seller, instant gratifier, man pleaser, woman abuser. Barthes, Sontag, Cindy Sherman, Virginia Woolf, Warhol. Weegie, Francesca Woodman, Leibovitz, Adams, Arbus, Tina Modotti, Nan, Evans, Hoffer and even the Paparazzi. Cheap ***** digital manipulator, image poser, Center fold, coupons, Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. Where did they go: Lifeless paper product, painter's picture mess, C-type, digital archival, Sepia, black and white, hard drive retrival. Image addict, Image taker, Image maker, image seller, image buyer. Newspaper, magazine, graphics and ads, TV, dreams, even the trash. Billboards, subways, phones and buses: Utopia: Surreal, crop, stretched and air brushes. Modern ideal. Surface manipulator. Brain conditioner. Consent manufacturer. Oh Photography, I got you in my eye. A few thousand dollars, A BFA, A critical scholar. Or maybe a nerd, Just boys with toys. Telephoto genitals, with motor drive action. Studio lights, umbrella traction. Oh Photography, You proprietor of obscene. Detailed, de-sensitized. Court ordered, jury analyzed. Click, image, copy, edit, paste, print or post. Myfacespace, twitter, flicker, An internet media overdose. Pry, spy, your friend's friend's acquaintances. Parties, picnics, reunions and shows. Visits, vacation, style, shoes and clothes. Pics, photos, images, jpegs and giffs. Snap shot, portrait, panoramic, Kodak kiss. Exacerbate: Divorce, break-ups, jealousy, envy, love and fears. Devour and captivate society for years. Slaves to Western and Capitalist desires, Destruction of Earth with psychological, monetary empires.
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big sweaters, ghibli, acrylic paint, cafes, knit blankets and unplanned afternoon naps on the couch, gardens, bananas, vanilla almond milk, soft yarn to crochet into ****** scarves, candles after midnight, the big trees with bulky roots, patio furniture, pianos in random buildings, the internet, manatees, the boundless colours of nail polish, peanut butter & honey, rubber boots, pens that write well, fresh new notebooks, skylights, american netflix, mothers that understand, tête à têtes, one glass of sweet white wine, awkward eye contact that turns into comfortable kissing, airplanes, fresh air, baseball caps, the female collective, the really good dark chocolate, flowers, pumpkin spice lattes and ***** chai lattes, candid laughter, yoga, oceans, high waisted shorts, striped t-shirts, docile cats, playful pups, french presses, integrity, sunscreen, meerkats, penguins, chameleons, autumn leaves, fall fashion, ruby woo mac lipstick, osho, dynamic meditation, compassion, siblings, scrambled eggs, smart phones, garageband, metronomes, hot glue guns, quinoa, ferry boats, soft hands, bicycles, real people, fat snowflakes in ample, graceful ********** backpacks that don't hurt your shoulders, hair conditioner, multi-vitamins, soft sand under bare feet, people that own up to lies, clarity, samsara, satori, samasati, visions, echinacea, lavender oil and frankincense, ambrosia apples and ripe avocados, authenticity, Morgan Freeman's voice, good kissers, ******* iced tea on a hot day, curtains, the smell of beeswax, art galleries, hand massages and foot massages, reiki, plums, mild thunderstorms, soccer ***** good surprises, when birds don't **** on your head.
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Oct 9, 2013
Oct 9, 2013 at 7:24 AM UTC
thank the universe for:
big sweaters, ghibli, acrylic paint, cafes, knit blankets and unplanned afternoon naps on the couch, gardens, bananas, vanilla almond milk, soft yarn to crochet into ****** scarves, candles after midnight, the big trees with bulky roots, patio furniture, pianos in random buildings, the internet, manatees, the boundless colours of nail polish, peanut butter & honey, rubber boots, pens that write well, fresh new notebooks, skylights, american netflix, mothers that understand, tête à têtes, one glass of sweet white wine, awkward eye contact that turns into comfortable kissing, airplanes, fresh air, baseball caps, the female collective, the really good dark chocolate, flowers, pumpkin spice lattes and ***** chai lattes, candid laughter, yoga, oceans, high waisted shorts, striped t-shirts, docile cats, playful pups, french presses, integrity, sunscreen, meerkats, penguins, chameleons, autumn leaves, fall fashion, ruby woo mac lipstick, osho, dynamic meditation, compassion, siblings, scrambled eggs, smart phones, garageband, metronomes, hot glue guns, quinoa, ferry boats, soft hands, bicycles, real people, fat snowflakes in ample, graceful ********** backpacks that don't hurt your shoulders, hair conditioner, multi-vitamins, soft sand under bare feet, people that own up to lies, clarity, samsara, satori, samasati, visions, echinacea, lavender oil and frankincense, ambrosia apples and ripe avocados, authenticity, Morgan Freeman's voice, good kissers, ******* iced tea on a hot day, curtains, the smell of beeswax, art galleries, hand massages and foot massages, reiki, plums, mild thunderstorms, soccer ***** good surprises, when birds don't **** on your head.
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Many believe they know the law Because they were arrested; Others know how to teach Because they too were tested. If you have a religious question, They attended church; Mention you've an ache or pain, They diagnose your hurt. Should you bring up politics, Republican or worse, They'll explain Democracy Cause they've been free since birth. Admit your car is pinging, Your faucets aren't behaving, The oven isn't cooking right, Your fridge is warm and shaking, The air conditioner's out of whack, Your furnace has turned blue, They'll tell you what to do: Change the thermo-coupler. It's always their one answer. Say you like this stock or bond, An investment that's appealing, They'll  discourse that all agents Are cunning conniving stealing. On Monday mention the big game, They'll re-play, play by play, As if you slept right through it. If you hear a rousing band, Attend a movie or a play, Know-its are informed critics, Once they were stagehands. They pose as friends and family, Waiting for an opening, To disrupt with diatribe, To display how much they know. I know what I'm on about, So let me advise you, I'm a Know-It-All poet, All I write is true. So, *Never miss the opportunity To keep your mouth shut too*.
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Apr 19, 2017
Apr 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM UTC
Know-It-Alls
I heard in a song that you’re only as good as your last mistake. And I’ve never been more thankful for humans ability to make millions. So you’ll never be my last, because I’m better than that. Burning toast and eating it anyway. Buying shampoo when I actually needed conditioner. Showing up late to a meeting. Missing the first day of class. Studying for an exam two hours before it starts. Not turning in an assignment because I just simply didn’t want to do it. Not leaving my pajamas or bed when there’s so much to do. Apologizing when they bumped into me. Lying to people who care, I’m okay. Not locking my door. Walking alone at night. I’d rather be defined by all of these things than you.
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Dec 26, 2014
Dec 26, 2014 at 9:46 PM UTC
Mistakes
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Give in Get up. Covers off Silence the drill sergeant 2 seconds in And I'm late LATE LATE! French shower, PSSST! PSSST! Dress like a clown Keys, Cash Phone, Out of the door The street as empty as my mind The sky, puddles of grey No one. No movement A really dead raven on the door step It had been drinking from a bottle of fabric conditioner. I let go of my balloons. Spin my bowtie A kaleidoscope paints the air. Approaching from the distance buzz! buZZ! bUZZ!,BUZZ!
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May 29, 2014
May 29, 2014 at 2:49 AM UTC
Morning
when you tell me I'm in love with all our friends I know it's a joke and I laugh along, but really, it's true. I can't help but love so many five ten twelve faces Girls are so beautiful and boys are so beautiful and all others are so beautiful I don't love you any less, I don't love them any more, but sometimes it overflows, dripping down the sides of my form cutting through negative space I have always been the one to sit in the attic, always been the one to savour the cold, always been used to metallic rattles and the feeling of coughing once more before I can pull away from from the back of my throat and sometimes when I'm surrounded by beautiful people and their conditioner words, it just glows
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Dec 29, 2014
Dec 29, 2014 at 3:57 AM UTC
Double Date; Polyamory
To all those people out there who try to tell me how to run my life I turn my back to you I will stand my ground I pay my bills on time, I buy the things I need Female products, shampoo, razers, tooth brush, ect SO WHO CARES HOW I SPEND MY EXTRA MONEY??? Yes I know I'm slightly obbsessed with Avengers and I buy everything in sight that has to do with them. BUT HEY I DO IT WITH THINGS I NEED!!!! I needed a new bedset, my old one getting disgustingly ratty There just so happened to be an avengers one I needed a new bath towel, Hey Look a cheap *** Avengers one!!!! I needed shampoo I found a three in one shampoo, conditioner, body wash 3 buck! AVENGERS!!! Sorely needed a new tooth brush Dollar tree, Spiderman!!!! So you see even as I splurge I'm doing it smartly So to all those haters out there! GET THE **** OFF MY BACK!!! ITS MY LIFE AND I WILL LIVE AND SPEND IT HOW EVER I ******* WANT!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jun 16, 2014
Jun 16, 2014 at 11:48 AM UTC
Avengers Rant
Reaching out [to you] with hands that kneaded dough before dawn, and bleached kitchen worktop while bread rose in the oven. My skin carries a chill brought in from the garden- And my hair, damp under the elastic I tied it back with, smells of almond-oil conditioner. These old clothes have been folded with lavender, for too long, in a drawer- And the knees of my jeans are black, with fine-foam-dust, from carpet I’m part-way-through fitting. My toes are cold and my feet are grubby ‘cause I didn’t wear shoes when I hung out the washing.
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Nov 2, 2011
Nov 2, 2011 at 9:40 AM UTC
Hugs
Contemplating the versatility of Mayo And all that can be done with it From the slathering on whilst sun bathing To globbing it on my bologna sandwich I find it tantalizing to the tastebuds And it sure does sizzle in the sun I once applied to much and set my toes on fire Lucky for me I lost only one Thank goodness I was near the water When my foot went up in flames I guess that's why God gives us ten toes In case we lose any along the way As with anything you can even get bored with Mayonnaise That's why I strive for different ideas So I put my brain juices into overdrive And came up with this amazing list Instead of milk in a shake you can use Mayo Please wait till the end for all the applause I'm still having trouble dealing with thickness And have yet to get it through the straw Perhaps if I leave out the ice cream And just add Mayo, milk chocolate, and ice I guess I'll just keep on experimenting When it's ready you can be the first in line And who doesn't like mayonnaise on anchovie pizza The perfect combination at best Even better than peanut butter and jelly If only I can figure out how to package it Mayonnaise is also the perfect conditioner You could leave it in your hair for days I suppose But try to avoid to much time in the sun After all...remember the toes I'm going back to my room for more ideas now Or as I like to call it..."The Mayo Think Tank" I know my family thinks I'm a genius Cause they always leave me in there for days
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Sep 23, 2013
Sep 23, 2013 at 3:47 PM UTC
"Mayonnaise" You heard right..."Mayonnaise"
your conditioner feels expensive and you've arranged your books by color but in my small world there is only a man you didn't sweep the flour that fell while you baked those cupcakes I can't imagine him looking at you the way he looks at me and I'm sure you'd say the same about me
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Mar 22, 2020
Mar 22, 2020 at 2:35 AM UTC
behind closed doors
dear future partner, i am sorry to inform you that you can’t run your fingers through my hair it isn’t silky or smooth like a tall white girl in a brightly colored Garnier commercial but try running through the fields of mind, approach gently at each thought that greets you touch sweetly, for every dream you unfold is delicate, easily molded by those who refuse to slow down for me glide carefully as you discover unwanted spots in my brain, left by other travelers who I mistakenly allowed to begin a journey within me you can’t run your fingers through my hair, but you can traverse freely through my memories as they roll off of my tongue and onto yours feel the wind rush past my ears as my lips take you back through time and space until your own mind begins to latch onto memories of mine. a child on a swing. kicking back her legs and greeting the sky with a smile, unknowing and unfearing of all obstacles ahead of her. you can’t run your fingers through my hair without pulling back a weird mixture of coconut oil, leave in conditioner, and whatever product is still there before wash day but run your hands carefully on my skin listen to the sounds of my scars as they whisper stories unable to escape my throat appreciate the too soft or too rough, too loose or too tough parts of my body as they welcome you to me and when it seems as if there’s no running left, come close. lay your head on my chest; feel me rise and fall as I try to my fingers through you.
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Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018 at 10:02 AM UTC
You Can’t Run Your Fingers Through My (4c)) Hair
dear future partner, i am sorry to inform you that you can’t run your fingers through my hair it isn’t silky or smooth like a tall white girl in a brightly colored Garnier commercial but try running through the fields of mind, approach gently at each thought that greets you touch sweetly, for every dream you unfold is delicate, easily molded by those who refuse to slow down for me glide carefully as you discover unwanted spots in my brain, left by other travelers who I mistakenly allowed to begin a journey within me you can’t run your fingers through my hair, but you can traverse freely through my memories as they roll off of my tongue and onto yours feel the wind rush past my ears as my lips take you back through time and space until your own mind begins to latch onto memories of mine. a child on a swing. kicking back her legs and greeting the sky with a smile, unknowing and unfearing of all obstacles ahead of her. you can’t run your fingers through my hair without pulling back a weird mixture of coconut oil, leave in conditioner, and whatever product is still there before wash day but run your hands carefully on my skin listen to the sounds of my scars as they whisper stories unable to escape my throat appreciate the too soft or too rough, too loose or too tough parts of my body as they welcome you to me and when it seems as if there’s no running left, come close. lay your head on my chest; feel me rise and fall as I try to my fingers through you.
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Everybody knows today's figures. Lincoln Park. Kanye West. Beyonce. Musicians. Artists. They are all praised in today’s society. But nobody knows the names of people who actually matter. Willis Carrier. Invented the air conditioner. Nobody knows his name. Robert E. Kahn. Made the internet. Nobody knows his name. The problem with today’s society Is that the minds of young people are being poisoned. By the schools who leave things out of textbooks. By the people on the street, screaming their views. The riots, the protests, the hell of today. Poisoning the minds of young people. Reed Hastings. Marc Randolph. Nobody knows them Yet millions of people use Netflix. SalvinoD'Armate. Nobody knows his name. Yet over 4 BILLION people wear eyeglasses. Young people today hate history. They think, “Why do we need to learn about dead people?” George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” We learn these things, not to be bored in history class. Not to just **** time in the day. But to inspire. To help young people to become creative, more innovative. Imagine a world, where Alexander Bell never made the telephone. Imagine a world, where the internet, just wasn’t a thing. Imagine a world, where nobody invented new things. William Higginbotham. I Guarantee that nobody in this room knows his name. He created the very first video game, Tennis for Two, in 1958. Without him, we would not have the games we have today. Assassin’s Creed. Grand Theft Auto. Call of Duty. People play these games, and use the other things I’ve listed every single day, And they use them without any thought, or appreciation for where they came from. Or how far we have progressed as humans. So I ask you this. Who invented the desk you are sitting on? Who invented the jacket you’re wearing? Who invented that pen in your pocket? You don’t know, do you?
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Aug 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018 at 1:52 PM UTC
Names
Everybody knows today's figures. Lincoln Park. Kanye West. Beyonce. Musicians. Artists. They are all praised in today’s society. But nobody knows the names of people who actually matter. Willis Carrier. Invented the air conditioner. Nobody knows his name. Robert E. Kahn. Made the internet. Nobody knows his name. The problem with today’s society Is that the minds of young people are being poisoned. By the schools who leave things out of textbooks. By the people on the street, screaming their views. The riots, the protests, the hell of today. Poisoning the minds of young people. Reed Hastings. Marc Randolph. Nobody knows them Yet millions of people use Netflix. SalvinoD'Armate. Nobody knows his name. Yet over 4 BILLION people wear eyeglasses. Young people today hate history. They think, “Why do we need to learn about dead people?” George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” We learn these things, not to be bored in history class. Not to just **** time in the day. But to inspire. To help young people to become creative, more innovative. Imagine a world, where Alexander Bell never made the telephone. Imagine a world, where the internet, just wasn’t a thing. Imagine a world, where nobody invented new things. William Higginbotham. I Guarantee that nobody in this room knows his name. He created the very first video game, Tennis for Two, in 1958. Without him, we would not have the games we have today. Assassin’s Creed. Grand Theft Auto. Call of Duty. People play these games, and use the other things I’ve listed every single day, And they use them without any thought, or appreciation for where they came from. Or how far we have progressed as humans. So I ask you this. Who invented the desk you are sitting on? Who invented the jacket you’re wearing? Who invented that pen in your pocket? You don’t know, do you?
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you may cry now hello seattle coffee beans on the window sill wilting sunflower i didn't know you would leave me in a battle thought you'd save me they **** but new blue skies every hour ginger cat meows only him and i in apartment tv is on laptop charging clothes on floor and bed how you left it how sit on the chair i can't you aren't sitting with me darlin' cat is hungry wasn't fed open fridge there is a note buy one milk and three breads your handwriting when do you come cat is ok he ate in boat in bathtub toilet paper shreds i write in book keep in margin with love like rome why is there soap you put in the fridge? humming bird mind air conditioner legit empty mailbox work to do photos of bridge ice cream so fine nice to be happy a bit maybe it will last, coo! bet your house messi score that he did not he missed goal change channel mancini's scarf on coatrack blues miss him too do they will you read this on your bat cricket is good you are better, soul is there internet or is there lack hope you will find way home yay
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May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014 at 5:58 AM UTC
poetry: (1) come home?
A drugstore pallid in waning light, always illuminated in halogen halos. I am earless with music. Black metal loud in clanging sets and blows- foreshadowing the smell of cleaning solution, air freshener and the outside sweet at my back all steeped deep in the rip roaring undertone torrent of cigarette smoke blended with cheap perfume until I cannot tell the difference. There is a limp familiarity to the underlying odor born partially of personal encounter and- nestled in the hive mind of social experience. A distillation of regret and remorse, of lonely, of irrelevance; this black hole swallows my voice the way of my ears, eaten by rust. Four cans of beans, kidneys, in cans squeezed without any power against sagging swells melting into other curves and I swerve close and around guiltily, noting you only as the source of this pungent spring. You are smiling apologies ignorant of my apparent inhumanity- blind to my selfish hands.. Pinioning belly flesh, flattening, reaching and gaining attendance from a better man retrieving every dropped can. I’m retreating, shaken, tense to alternatively slacken. My sweat slippery palms with whitened red sharp fingers feel foreign and I am surrounded by razors then shaving cream, moving from shampoo to conditioner, the whole store is infected with smell. Staring at nail clippers/snipers clipping touch smooth sooth my tense mind- don’t look **don’t look** I can sense little else but dread drawing closer you are now crouched so close I’m gagging, taken forcefully-swept away in an olfactory flood roiling in rot, currents of solitude exude from your smiling sullen appearance when I turn to you fumbling with my electric ears, surfacing in a breath of Amish silence broken with simple request and I want to scream at you that I am not a man to ask opinions of that it does not matter what fake nails she glues to her body that she is excluded and I don’t know why. I choose swirls of cream suspended within watery milk, over childish lady bugs framed by yellow or dots of red alternating to black, an epitaph to a lifelike effigy.
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Dec 10, 2010
Dec 10, 2010 at 1:42 AM UTC
The Inevitability of Human Incongruity.
A drugstore pallid in waning light, always illuminated in halogen halos. I am earless with music. Black metal loud in clanging sets and blows- foreshadowing the smell of cleaning solution, air freshener and the outside sweet at my back all steeped deep in the rip roaring undertone torrent of cigarette smoke blended with cheap perfume until I cannot tell the difference. There is a limp familiarity to the underlying odor born partially of personal encounter and- nestled in the hive mind of social experience. A distillation of regret and remorse, of lonely, of irrelevance; this black hole swallows my voice the way of my ears, eaten by rust. Four cans of beans, kidneys, in cans squeezed without any power against sagging swells melting into other curves and I swerve close and around guiltily, noting you only as the source of this pungent spring. You are smiling apologies ignorant of my apparent inhumanity- blind to my selfish hands.. Pinioning belly flesh, flattening, reaching and gaining attendance from a better man retrieving every dropped can. I’m retreating, shaken, tense to alternatively slacken. My sweat slippery palms with whitened red sharp fingers feel foreign and I am surrounded by razors then shaving cream, moving from shampoo to conditioner, the whole store is infected with smell. Staring at nail clippers/snipers clipping touch smooth sooth my tense mind- don’t look **don’t look** I can sense little else but dread drawing closer you are now crouched so close I’m gagging, taken forcefully-swept away in an olfactory flood roiling in rot, currents of solitude exude from your smiling sullen appearance when I turn to you fumbling with my electric ears, surfacing in a breath of Amish silence broken with simple request and I want to scream at you that I am not a man to ask opinions of that it does not matter what fake nails she glues to her body that she is excluded and I don’t know why. I choose swirls of cream suspended within watery milk, over childish lady bugs framed by yellow or dots of red alternating to black, an epitaph to a lifelike effigy.
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When I’m looking out my bedroom window, And look down, I see the big old air conditioner compressor, Rusty after decades of use In Michigan’s sometimes-90s summers. When I’m looking out my bedroom window, And glance left, I see the faithful church, Where I’ve spent almost as much of my life in as this house, Where I’ve met my best friends. When I’m looking out my bedroom window, And view right, I see the standard size basketball hoop, That I’ve dribbled under my whole life, That has seen countless children attempt at its rim. When I’m looking out my bedroom window, And overlook the church’s parking lot, I see the large backyard, Where I’ve kicked innumerable soccer ***** And dug limitless snow forts. When I’m looking out my bedroom window, And gaze into the past, I see you and me, Riding around in that PowerJeep, And that dent we put in the church. When I’m looking out my bedroom window, And contemplate what’s in the present, I see the crooked basketball hoop, The steeple that lost its cross, And the dead tree we don’t have the heart to tear down. When I’m looking out my bedroom window, And focus on the future, I see a million different scenarios Playing out in my head, And I don’t even know which one I want. All I know is nothing’s Going to get done now, My future isn’t going to be decided, My life isn’t going to make itself, While I’m just gazing out my bedroom window.
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Jul 7, 2018
Jul 7, 2018 at 8:53 PM UTC
The View from my Bedroom Window
waiting in a white room with no furniture the humming air conditioner can’t even drown out my thoughts waiting to go back to maryland for a hyperbolic death sentence— to meet with the wonderful hypocrites who shaped my cynicism and anxiety to feast on the last meal of failure. waiting to hear back from potential employers who hold my future in their hands but prefer to let me stew waiting for the tears to start falling I can feel my eyes welling my lungs lugging every last bit of air to my heart as it pounds like an urgent knock at the door waiting alone with just my thoughts. waiting to see the friends who never got out to see the world to look at me with delight, hoping soon I will re-join their ranks as a mindless tractor mechanic or slurpee filler waiting for the cheap bottle whisky in my stomach to regurgitate waiting for numbing conversations about menial tasks and news like the weather, or something else I can see in front of me. waiting to be coma. waiting to see my reflection— or shadow. waiting for paper and pen, waiting for suicide by rhyme at the end.
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Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM UTC
I am waiting.
kitten its getting dark time to come in i am cooking dinner let me run you a bath hold up your arms let me take off that sweater now step out of those ******* get in the tub is the water too hot too cold let daddy know stand up let daddy wash you turn around while i wash a your back and behind look at daddy now as i wash your pretty little face the wash cloth is too rough i’ll use my hand instead now sit down i’ll shampoo your hair and rinse it clean then add a tad of conditioner out of the tub i’ll wrap you up and dry you off in my arms you go to the living room on the couch, in my lap as i comb your hair you love daddy kitten you are so sweet as i kiss you on the cheek
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Oct 10, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 at 9:02 PM UTC
time for your bath (erotica)
this is your open field this is where you lie on your back on a fluffy, plaid duvet eating strawberries forgetting the sound of honking cars and car alarms this is your studio replace the clay with bars of soap paintbrushes with shampoo bottles write your thoughts on fogged glass lists of run-on sentences, scribbled without inhibition this is where the water runs off your shoulders this is where you reflect it is not poetic it is quiet, it is ordinary knots of hair from gushing wind smoothed over with aloe conditioner everything is spinning, but here it slows this is where you pause this is where you breathe this is where you begin again
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Jun 3, 2018
Jun 3, 2018 at 11:32 AM UTC
shower
I saw you at the subway the other day You were drinking hot chocolate I thought about asking you for a sip but on second thought I didn't want to burn my tongue I chased you up the stairs and outside I got into a taxi cab I didn't want to see you, you were looking good I wanted to cool off and take some time out of the busy day I heard a knock on my door, my door Who was there? What are you doing here? I'm really not sure you should be here right now Because I'm going. It's getting a little pricey that you should be in Sweden, my friend because it's the only place for you I hear they have really nice gear of sorts there. You should be in Sweden, my friend. Yeah, you should be in Sweden. Get yourself to Sweden I'll tell you what we can do You're not bent on calling me and we'll do lunch, I'm sure. Your fax machine can fax my bags and it will get in touch with your answering machine's secretary. Your hair doesn't shine like it used to. You're not using that conditioner I gave you last year for your birthday. It was salon selected. I thought you would like it. And now I'm so scared. I'm pale as white. I would invite you to sit but I didn't want you to ruin my new sofa. I've felt this too many times. I just got myself back up the nerve to say, the nerve that you should be in Sweden, my friend. What are you doing here? You should be in Sweden. You can ski when you're there. You should be in Sweden, my friend. Yeah, get yourself to Sweden. I don't care how you do it. Just go to Sweden. Go to Sweden. I'll tell you what we can do. You're not bent on calling me, but we'll do lunch, I'm sure. Your fax machine can fax me back and get in touch with my cappuccino maker. You're not bent on calling me, and we'll talk for a while, I'm sure. You can get back my postcard machine and it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary.
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May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012 at 5:16 AM UTC
You Should Be In Sweden
I saw you at the subway the other day You were drinking hot chocolate I thought about asking you for a sip but on second thought I didn't want to burn my tongue I chased you up the stairs and outside I got into a taxi cab I didn't want to see you, you were looking good I wanted to cool off and take some time out of the busy day I heard a knock on my door, my door Who was there? What are you doing here? I'm really not sure you should be here right now Because I'm going. It's getting a little pricey that you should be in Sweden, my friend because it's the only place for you I hear they have really nice gear of sorts there. You should be in Sweden, my friend. Yeah, you should be in Sweden. Get yourself to Sweden I'll tell you what we can do You're not bent on calling me and we'll do lunch, I'm sure. Your fax machine can fax my bags and it will get in touch with your answering machine's secretary. Your hair doesn't shine like it used to. You're not using that conditioner I gave you last year for your birthday. It was salon selected. I thought you would like it. And now I'm so scared. I'm pale as white. I would invite you to sit but I didn't want you to ruin my new sofa. I've felt this too many times. I just got myself back up the nerve to say, the nerve that you should be in Sweden, my friend. What are you doing here? You should be in Sweden. You can ski when you're there. You should be in Sweden, my friend. Yeah, get yourself to Sweden. I don't care how you do it. Just go to Sweden. Go to Sweden. I'll tell you what we can do. You're not bent on calling me, but we'll do lunch, I'm sure. Your fax machine can fax me back and get in touch with my cappuccino maker. You're not bent on calling me, and we'll talk for a while, I'm sure. You can get back my postcard machine and it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary.
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People say I'm obsessive, and I wholeheartedly agree. I'd die for a favorite artist, and I reread stories I like until I hate them. I force myself to love every song performed by "my band", to a point where I'm not entirely sure which of their tunes actually earned their place in my heart. It brings to mind a modern-Hebrew term, "protektzia". It can be translated as social leverage, or "pull". Protektzia is when you are related to the administrator of an elite high school, or when you're friendly with the secretary of a sought-after doctor. It's as if songs walk up to me and say, "hey, I know I'm not that great, but I was written by so-and-so!" All that changes when old Depression drops by. Suddenly, things I cared so much for are meaningless. It's like quarreling with a close friend. Although, I don't hate my former faves so much as scorn them, for being silly enough to exist. Why does depression do this to me? Because depression is the drainage of passion. As a cow needs to be milked and a dripping air-conditioner needs a bucket, what are obsessions if not an outlet for the passion contained in the heart? But neither are necessary when the cow is dead and the AC off. Thankfully, depression to me is a mood rather than a condition, and so I host frequent reunions with my beloved idols. You are all invited!
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Jun 18, 2018
Jun 18, 2018 at 7:27 PM UTC
Why Depression Shouldn't Rhyme with Obsession, but Probably Should Rhyme with Disillusionment
Moon, blow your light my way, but don't cut my time Let me dream just a little longer while my eyelids shine in the dark starlight Let the ceremony end slow back in my old home, not in a cold forest near the sea I want to see again those three rivers that flow together and listen to a woman singing to a child in her mild mannered way But in spite of the night and my wishes something keeps creeping past me in my sleep like numbers of smoke It was you, dark woman, walking across the room bare footed turning on the air conditioner in the winter, a pair of scissors in the folds of your robe.
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Dec 12, 2017
Dec 12, 2017 at 4:14 PM UTC
Cutting time
Why is the shampoo bottle clear, but not the conditioner? I have no trouble getting shampoo out of the bottle, but I'm thinking of ripping apart my conditioner bottle... Hmmm
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Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20, 2015 at 11:25 AM UTC
Spontaneous Thoughts (Series)
America needs a poor, ***** mother for president. We need a Muslim for vice president and a feminist to lead the army. America needs a homeless man with no health insurance and AIDS to allocate food stamps, gays to run the senate, and lesbians to run the house. America needs a president who’s been shot at, ***** and ****** on his whole life. A person who has held their dying child, losing a battle that cancer has already won, buried up to the knees hospital bills. America should be run by a person that wakes up every morning with no heat or air conditioner. Who has fought in a war, shakes in the night, and lives on minimum wage. Someone who takes the bus,  the subway, and owns one pair of sneakers, There is no time or money for anything else. We need an inner city teacher for president. Someone who spends 4 hours on Sundays preaching for president, Just to go home and put on his wife's dress. America needs a straight talker and a street walker to head the FBI. An illegal for the CIA, And a transgender for the DOJ. But that will never happen. What I have realized is that there is no longer a distinction between what is right, and what is real. Real, is a leader is one that has been to the free clinic, waited in line at the DMV, and buys clothes from Walmart. Real, is a president that is no stranger to violence. A vice president who has been to county. That has been fed jail food, strip searched, and wasted years that they will never get back. We, the people do not fly around in private jets, Puffing on Cuban cigars. We, the people do not solely consist of old, rich men, Making decisions for young, poor women. Telling us what we can and can’t do. Who we can and can’t love. Widening the gap between the haves and haves nots.   We the people know hard work, We know blood, We know sweat, We know tears, But what we do not know, Is how to engage ourselves in the goings on in the world around us. Take responsibility, hold your own, and question everything.
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Mar 20, 2014
Mar 20, 2014 at 6:31 PM UTC
We the Sheeple
America needs a poor, ***** mother for president. We need a Muslim for vice president and a feminist to lead the army. America needs a homeless man with no health insurance and AIDS to allocate food stamps, gays to run the senate, and lesbians to run the house. America needs a president who’s been shot at, ***** and ****** on his whole life. A person who has held their dying child, losing a battle that cancer has already won, buried up to the knees hospital bills. America should be run by a person that wakes up every morning with no heat or air conditioner. Who has fought in a war, shakes in the night, and lives on minimum wage. Someone who takes the bus,  the subway, and owns one pair of sneakers, There is no time or money for anything else. We need an inner city teacher for president. Someone who spends 4 hours on Sundays preaching for president, Just to go home and put on his wife's dress. America needs a straight talker and a street walker to head the FBI. An illegal for the CIA, And a transgender for the DOJ. But that will never happen. What I have realized is that there is no longer a distinction between what is right, and what is real. Real, is a leader is one that has been to the free clinic, waited in line at the DMV, and buys clothes from Walmart. Real, is a president that is no stranger to violence. A vice president who has been to county. That has been fed jail food, strip searched, and wasted years that they will never get back. We, the people do not fly around in private jets, Puffing on Cuban cigars. We, the people do not solely consist of old, rich men, Making decisions for young, poor women. Telling us what we can and can’t do. Who we can and can’t love. Widening the gap between the haves and haves nots.   We the people know hard work, We know blood, We know sweat, We know tears, But what we do not know, Is how to engage ourselves in the goings on in the world around us. Take responsibility, hold your own, and question everything.
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I like fresh vacuum lines on carpet. I also like American flags that are hanging inside someone's house. I like putting clothes on immediately after they come out of the dryer and I like falling asleep in a hammock. I also really dig mini-fridges or drinking the first glass of an unopened 2 liter soda. I like girls that laugh at my jokes and I like them more if I laugh at theirs. I really really like sun roofs, especially at night. Speaking of night, I also get very happy when I flip to the cold side of my pillow or get so tired that everything is hilarious. I also need to have a cover on even if it's extremely hot and I really prefer having a static background noise like a fan or air conditioner. I get anxious when I hear my heart beat. I get excited whenever I'm on a long drive home and I see the first red light of my hometown. I like romantic indie movies. I like watching romantic indie movies with other romantic indie movie lovers. I like the front camera on cell phones. I like singing really badly to 90's songs with a bunch of other people who sing really badly to 90's songs I like sunshine too... But I really really really really like you...a lot.
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Oct 11, 2013
Oct 11, 2013 at 3:49 AM UTC
Vacuum Lines