I am using this post to share some poems i really like. These first few are all by Richard Brautigan.

15%

she tries to get things
out of men
that she can't get
because she's not
15% prettier

-2

Everybody wants to go to bed
with everybody else, they're
lined up for blocks, so I'll
go to bed with you. They won't
miss us

It's Raining In Love

I don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.

Love Poem

it's so nice
to wake up in the morning
all alone
and not have to tell somebody
you love them
when you don't love them
any more.

Please

Do you think of me
as often
as I think
of you?

Romeo and Juliet

If you will die for me,
I will die for you
and our graves will be like two lovers washing
their clothes together
in a laundromat
If you will bring the soap
I will bring the bleach.

We Stopped at Perfect Days

We stopped at perfect days
and got out of the car.
The wind glanced at her hair.
It was as simple as that.
I turned to say something--

The Moon Versus Us Ever Sleeping Together Again

I sit here, an arch-villain of romance,
thinking about you. Gee, I'm sorry
I made you unhappy, but there was nothing
I could do about it because I have to be free.
Perhaps everything would have been different
if you had stayed at the table or asked me
to go out with you to look at the moon,
instead of getting up and leaving me alone with
her.

The next few are by Suraj Samtani.

I Once Made The Mistake

I once made the mistake of investigating who you really are.
You just surfaced the labels of your identities.

I once made the mistake of trying to unmask you of your identities.
You just showed me a dead end.

I once made the mistake of enlivening your self-imposed dead ends.
You just threatened my life.

I once made the mistake of offering to sacrifice my life for you.
You just snatched away my last breath.


Only I Know

Only I know...

whats that behind the mirror,
whats that behind your masks,
whats that behind your soul.

I have
seen it,
felt it,
experienced it.

No use pretending to me.
No use neglecting me.
No use hiding from me.

You may escape your self,
But you can never, ever,

Escape
Me.

Okay, that's all I feel like posting for now.

assorted flavors.

i have had something of an emotionally devastating morning and at the moment, find myself numb. there are a million things i want to say or write about, but my thoughts are jumbled. i may begin posting more soon, as i sort things out. i want to record everything i can before my memory develops any more voids.

it is a gorgeous day outside in chicago. i wish i could enjoy it properly. instead, i am at work, with nothing to do but think about things and dread the moment i start feeling again. the numbness never lasts.

in an attempt to cheer up, i was reading the news. today's favorite headline so far:

"Teen Hid Sword In Pants"

edit: i take that back. current favorite headline is "Man Steals Underwear, Arrested While Praying"