Michael is alone with everyone!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Old Friends

Se said

"Did you do that your self?"
and motioned to the cuts
on your upper thighs

"Yes"
You didn't look them
you know were they are

"It's a beautiful design"
She road off on her bike
you looked at me

"Thats the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me"

I've never wanted to kiss you more.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

In so many words

“So lets make tonight the night we press hard against each other.”
He leans over on the bar like a sailor,
he’s only drunk looking for stability,
but he comes off as cool as an ocean breeze, which
he’s never felt.

“Your in rare form.”
She squeezes her delicate long legs together in excitement

“There’s no such thing as rare, there’s only new”
the language is awkward to him
proliferation threw boozes obliteration he thinks for second

“Yeah?”

“I’m… living life in epiphanies now.”
She leans back hard, sucks in,
and breaths out decisions .

“You should press hard against Taylor”
He puts both elbows on the bar,
ocean breeze to a Midwest jet-stream in one motion.

“Id be upset if it wasn’t for your hesitation,
are you testing this out”
Her porcelain hands grips his arm with peculiar strength.

“Its just, I’m beautiful and she’s a bit… haggard. So you men all go after me, first at least, so I’m sending you her way, to make her feel chosen and lessen the tension of resentment”
He smirks and looks at her in the eyes.

“Fine, but its your touch ill be thinking about, this white hand on my tan arm”
She grips tighter, he slides away.

“Were are you going?”

Facing the door the back of his head says
“My bed. See you there”

The door closes. Chatter continues. Eyes fallow delicate legs as they stroll out the door.
As well.

They must not be into arts

They say you cant fake genuine
“They” must not be into the arts.

Her pink and blues cascading under those earthy tones
Used to terrify me.
Sitting on the vintage couch, staring at her ugly work
That made her seem so gorgeous.

Arts are stories, feelings… audio, visual…
Stop defining art please

She would call crying
All the tine
And there would be some problem created
Something that seemed blind to all but her
And she made you
believe it bothered her

Having the qualities or value claimed
I don’t even want to tell you the third definition given

Now that walls up
And its only pink and blue
With belligerent head shake she gives an answer in a question
“What did you think we were?”

Now Ive done it to, and will do it again.
The difference I can’t articulate

When I do it, my art sustains
Their meanings insinuate, what they intended
That’s the best anyone can do
Given humans perception and judgment

Hers do to I guess,
Cause they never meant to insinuate anything at all.
That’s just our perception
My judgment

They say you cant fake genuine
“They” must not be into the arts.

Starting winters warmth


Its winter and I will be stuck inside a lot. Since moving home I have written a lot. Why am I using a lot a lot? anyways I wil soon be posting some of my stuff. I dont think anyone reads this ever, but its not about that now is it.

Well this first edition will be an exercise I came up with (though im sure some poetry teacher at Brown or somewhere has many years ago)

As you read (if your reading) you will understand what the exercise in-tales.


I write short poems because
Long ones would need a theme
Or a point
I don’t use to many good ideas in one poem
What if I run out,
What will the next poem
Do?
I always start freestyle and never edit
I have more faith in my spontaneity
Then my though process
Im obsessed with nautical themes – metaphors
Boats, ocean, sailors, waves, ect. ect.
Im paranoid I cant write anything as good as my old stuff
Which never was that great.
I have no clear voice
Yes I do
Do I?
I dwell about my influences
I want everyone to read what I write
Until its in their hands
I sometimes think using the computer is cheating,
But I get terrified I wont be able to read my handwriting,
Or translate my misspellings later from my notebook
I don’t want my characters to be
Me
But dialog is usually conversations to myself
I sometimes waste my good stuff in texts
And never save them
(this poem will never be done)