Poof* Take MY water

believe life begins
at conception
and ends at the moment
an AR-15 is unloaded
into the heads of school children
i no longer recall
why i thought
i loved you
age 16
thinks
she invented the concept
how stubborn and
brazen i was
but i remember the monumental sex
we shouldn’t have been having
twenty years ago
in our shoe box sized apartment
which only now
lends some credibility
to the fiasco
only one tiny regret of which we will not speak
so don’t feel unappreciated
my dear
as far as legacies go
you could do worse
i don’t regret hurting you
i do regret knowing you
you’re the reason why our kids are ugly
i don’t care for the ginsberg poem
i’m not hung up on living past forty
i enjoy a big piece of meat in all forms
i think all poetry should be free verse
vanilla should be outlawed
marijuana should be legal
rapists and pedophiles and corrupt bankers should be executed
incendiary is good
i don’t give a fuck about my cholesterol
the government should forget everything they’re doing and begin again
people should throw out their child’s video game system while they still have some semblance of a soul
put a book in your child’s hands so they read it and learn empathy
take a walk every day
own a dog
be marvelously kind even when you don’t feel like it
liquor is good
sex is good
shut up and listen regularly
.
.
i’m falling in love with you
.
.
reality tv should end
abortions should be free and considered an act of mercy
women should be paid equally
water should be cherished
insurance companies should be banished
men should not be bashed for having balls
national healthcare need be implemented
all weapons should be melted into a temple built to honor peace
dance to music daily
religion should be do it yourself