I love you so much
I had to dial your number
and see you one last time
and make sure to break your heart
real good
so you feel what I felt
and now I'm over you
and I wish you a good life
and a good wife
and beautiful children
and all that crap.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Bluebeard
Breadwinner. New for her.
Her new office has a window, lots of light, just underneath the glass ceiling.
A big promotion, more money, more security for her family.
A wolvish grin, a laughing heartbeat.
Her new office has a window, lots of light, just underneath the glass ceiling.
Bluebeard creeps behind her chair; she feels the horsehair beard against her cheek.
A wolvish grin, a laughing hearbeat.
He grabs a fistful of her hair with one huge hand.
Bluebeard creeps behind her chair; she feels the horsehair beard against her cheek.
He smells of dying leaves.
He grabs a fistful of her hair with one huge hand.
In the other hand, a goblet of the most delicious liquid.
He smells of dying leaves.
Bad mother, he says. Bad woman.
In the other hand, a goblet of the most delicious liquid.
Leaving your children behind to work under the glass. False goddess.
Bad mother, he says. Bad woman.
You know too much, you do too much. Who are you to have all this?
Leaving your children behind to work under the glass. False goddess.
He caresses her cheek with his, she leans against him.
You know too much, you do too much. Who are you to have all this?
He brings the goblet to her lips; the juice mixes with her lipstick.
He caresses her cheek with his, she leans against him.
Your home will come to ruins.
He brings the goblet to her lips; the juice mixes with her lipstick.
Softly, she brings her hand to his beard.
Your home will come to ruins.
She pulls the hair from his chin and he cries in pain.
Softly, she brings her hand to his beard.
"Bluebeard," she says, "you have the wrong office."
She pulls the hair from his chin and he cries in pain.
Breadwinner. New for her.
Her new office has a window, lots of light, just underneath the glass ceiling.
A big promotion, more money, more security for her family.
A wolvish grin, a laughing heartbeat.
Her new office has a window, lots of light, just underneath the glass ceiling.
Bluebeard creeps behind her chair; she feels the horsehair beard against her cheek.
A wolvish grin, a laughing hearbeat.
He grabs a fistful of her hair with one huge hand.
Bluebeard creeps behind her chair; she feels the horsehair beard against her cheek.
He smells of dying leaves.
He grabs a fistful of her hair with one huge hand.
In the other hand, a goblet of the most delicious liquid.
He smells of dying leaves.
Bad mother, he says. Bad woman.
In the other hand, a goblet of the most delicious liquid.
Leaving your children behind to work under the glass. False goddess.
Bad mother, he says. Bad woman.
You know too much, you do too much. Who are you to have all this?
Leaving your children behind to work under the glass. False goddess.
He caresses her cheek with his, she leans against him.
You know too much, you do too much. Who are you to have all this?
He brings the goblet to her lips; the juice mixes with her lipstick.
He caresses her cheek with his, she leans against him.
Your home will come to ruins.
He brings the goblet to her lips; the juice mixes with her lipstick.
Softly, she brings her hand to his beard.
Your home will come to ruins.
She pulls the hair from his chin and he cries in pain.
Softly, she brings her hand to his beard.
"Bluebeard," she says, "you have the wrong office."
She pulls the hair from his chin and he cries in pain.
Breadwinner. New for her.
Labels:
Poetry
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Melodramatica
Two hours of firearms training gives me three bulged discs.
I can't run or lift weights.
I walk into rooms and don't remember how I came to be there or what for.
I say things like, "Those damn kids."
My boobs are two inches lower.
I wear flat-soled shoes.
My coworkers, boss, acupuncturist, family doctor, physical therapist - along with my mom - tell me to take it easy.
I have to do stupid things like bend at the knees to lift boxes.
I expect to see gray hairs in my gold locks any day now.
That girl on the dance floor with the honky tonk badonkadonk used to be me.
The Old Man might as well skip ahead to his midlife crisis and trade up for a newer model.
Thus begins the
slow
........downhill
.......................slide into
senescence.
I can't run or lift weights.
I walk into rooms and don't remember how I came to be there or what for.
I say things like, "Those damn kids."
My boobs are two inches lower.
I wear flat-soled shoes.
My coworkers, boss, acupuncturist, family doctor, physical therapist - along with my mom - tell me to take it easy.
I have to do stupid things like bend at the knees to lift boxes.
I expect to see gray hairs in my gold locks any day now.
That girl on the dance floor with the honky tonk badonkadonk used to be me.
The Old Man might as well skip ahead to his midlife crisis and trade up for a newer model.
Thus begins the
slow
........downhill
.......................slide into
senescence.
Labels:
Self-pity
Monday, October 4, 2010
Characters
Two characters in my head just interact with each other in the most banal way and refuse to allow any action or point or plot into their story. Sure, they're interesting and one smells like mold and the other has fake piercings, but that only gets you so far. Well, screw you two until you can grow up and help me find a middle and an end.
Labels:
writing
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