there are some people
you’ll go on losing
forever
Tag: Truth
he expected me
to be true
though everything about him
was a lie
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the t-shirt
when next the situation arises
that i need to sleep at your place
and i borrow something to sleep in
don’t give me sweats or your best pajamas
i want your oldest, rattiest t-shirt
the Nirvana t-shirt that you bought
in 1992 from a record store
back when there were record stores
the one your mom spilled bleach on
so you didn’t take it to band camp
but it was okay because bleach
was their best album
the t-shirt that mopped up
your barf in college
the one your roommate spilled
both ranch dressing and candle wax on
at the same party
the one that’s faded from being washed 7,000 times
that needed washing a few more
the t-shirt that has a constellation
of holes in it that look
like the Falkland Islands
the t-shirt your dog had puppies on
but you cleaned that shirt and kept wearing it
because you love that dog
and you loved those puppies
and it made you want to keep
that fuckin’ t-shirt even more
give me that soft broken-in
raggedy t-shirt
that represents your entire life
give me that t-shirt
to sleep in
there are but three
unchangeable forces
known
in our meager lives
.
history is indestructible
dying
and the passage of time
.
that having been said
no wrongful death
may be avenged
with the death of another
.
if history has taught us
nothing else
it is that
war
makes murderers
of all humankind
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i have an idea
I want to start generating a daily publication that is protected by freedom of speech. It will be hack proof, because I’ll print it with ink, paper, and my own type set and press. Within it’s pages one will find well researched, valid information pertinent to society here and overseas. I will expose criminals, both common and elected. I will deliver the truth in an unbiased way, come hell or high water. Maybe even throw in sports scores. I’ll put in boxes on corners and sell them for a quarter a piece. I’ll be called anti-American. I’ll call it a newspaper.
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cities burned
i’m unsure
how to carry you
inside me
for the rest of my life
most cherished pearl
how am i to love honestly
be grateful for a bed
or accept the stars in the sky
i have gladly given away kingdoms for you
my carriage dismantled
horses taken to market
cities burned
because he knew
i love you
helen of troy
on my balcony
causing war
did you notice
when we’re together
our eyes become the same color
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the noble lie
you make me consider plato
and his noble lie
“a contrivance for one of those falsehoods that come into being in case of need, of which we were just now talking, some noble one. . . .”
and i once thought
withholding my opinion
my true thoughts about you
an act of merciful omission
because my cause was to protect
the needy case that is you
but let me tell you, jack
you’re as full of shit as they come
that cross you bear
ain’t nothing new under this sun
neither is that organ grinder monkey
resting on your unbroken back
your shuck and jive is tired
taking credit for museum pieces
as you sell them for another day on the corner
you’re a well enabled drunk
an aged man child
a life long con man
a notorious bastard
cookie cutter motherfucker
you’re the reason
charitable people
throw out their couches
and you’re too fucking old
to be excused
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things you cannot write
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
.
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i’m falling in love with you
.
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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