Wednesday, April 30, 2014

everyone believes in god (on the paradox of being wholly human)

everyone believes in god (on the paradox of being wholly human)


of course the religious believe in god
my god is better than your god” is their god

but atheists believe in god as well
there is no god” is their dogma and alter

and agnostics believe in god
worshipping “i cannot know if there is god”

in the end there is no way to be wholly human
without the very human believing that divides us

Monday, April 28, 2014

colors (the rainbow you)

colors (the rainbow you)


(i)

i am blue
in a world washed gray

after the thunderstorm
of me and you

and having known the rainbow you
who walked away

(ii)

you used to worry when i cried

but now because i cannot tell you
i know why tears are colorless

Saturday, April 12, 2014

warning: pay attention

warning: pay attention


we become the thing we do
whether we pay attention or not

pay attention


he found himself, of course, living two lives

the one everyone saw like a functional alcoholic
and the other interior paying attention to recreate

at this point, however, he had only memories as artifacts
how did she smell? what sound her voice? and her shoes?


more than once his reveries were interrupted

Man, are you even paying attention?”

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

j was young&happy (and everyone hated her for it)

j was young&happy (and everyone hated her for it)

Happiness hit her like a train on a track…
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
“Dog Days Are Over,” Florence + The Machine


j was young&happy
(and everyone hated her for it)

everyone was old&bitter
as a sock worn for 37 days in summer

when j smiled she was radiant&beautiful
and j always smiled

everyone noticed and assumed for no reason
j often broke into song&dance

j preferred Florence + The Machine
but sometimes she was making it all up

everyone complained and it was a fact
j caused more than one wreck singing&dancing

although no one was ever inured
and cars can be repaired relatively easily

j was young&happy
(and everyone hated her for it)

and this was something j never knew
because happiness is a bullet-proof vest on a warm&sunny day