Friday, November 30, 2007

Babies

Babies smile as I walk by

They do not cry

I wonder why

Maybe time will tell that I

Have a softer side

I’m really kind

Despite

What my actions right now prove

It must be something they learn in the womb

That we forget as we grow long in tooth

Ask the babies, maybe they know the truth

Judgment swings so far and wide

Inside my mind

I’m never right

Anymore I’m giving up

On trying to duck

The verdict of

My life

Is my attitude really all that bad

Do boys pick poor rolemodels over dads

Cuz children seem to like me as I am

It’s easy for their minds to understand

My actions are so childish too

It must be something they learn in the womb

That we forget as we grow long in tooth

Ask the babies, babies know the truth

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Medication

This is the part of me that hates to believe in spirits
This is the part of me that thinks I have nothing to offer
This is the part of me that never finds me funny
This is the part of me that hopes disaster strikes

This is the part of me that pretends I'm only faking
This is the part of me that has great taste in movies
This is the part of me that has no interest in learning
This is the part of me that hates my old best friends

This is the part of me that wishes I was lonely
This is the part of me that screams inside my car
This is the part of me that downloads too much music
This is the part of me that's wanting to be famous

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Poor John Mobius

John is driving on the highway to meet his wife at work

He sees a spot of road construction ahead of him

He shifts lanes to avoid construction

He ends up behind a dump truck carrying gravel

Pieces of gravel fall off the top of the truck

The gravel bounces fast and high off of the road

A piece falls on John’s windshield

It splinters, cracks, shatters

John loses control and consciousness

He wakes up in the hospital

His wife is sitting beside him

She says that when he lost control the car drove off of a bridge

In the ensuing destruction, traffic below destroyed the bridge supports

It was a miracle John survived

He was almost entirely unharmed physically

The city has been rebuilding the bridge since the accident

It is almost repaired

Because of his accident John is extremely skittish

He is unable to hold a job

His wife must work to support them both

She takes a job farther north that pays better

The job is far more stressful than her last

She resents him for not working

John feels badly for being unable to work

He decides to surprise his wife for lunch

He knows he shouldn’t drive but gets in his old car anyhow

John is driving on the highway to meet his wife at work

He sees a spot of road construction ahead of him

He shifts lanes to avoid construction

He ends up behind a dump truck carrying gravel

Pieces of gravel fall off the top of the truck

The gravel bounces fast and high off of the road

A piece falls on John’s windshield

It splinters, cracks, shatters

John loses control and consciousness

He wakes up in the hospital

His wife is sitting beside him

She says that when he lost control the car drove off of a bridge

In the ensuing destruction, traffic below destroyed the bridge supports

It was a miracle John survived

He was almost entirely unharmed physically

The city has been rebuilding the bridge since the accident

It is almost repaired

Because of his accident John is extremely skittish

He is unable to hold a job

His wife must work to support them both

She takes a job farther north that pays better

The job is far more stressful than her last

She resents him for not working

John feels badly for being unable to work

He decides to surprise his wife for lunch

He knows he shouldn’t drive but gets in his old car anyhow

John is driving on the highway to meet his wife at work

He sees a spot of road construction ahead of him

He shifts lanes to avoid construction

He ends up behind a dump truck carrying gravel

Pieces of gravel fall off the top of the truck

The gravel bounces fast and high off of the road

A piece falls on John’s windshield

It splinters, cracks, shatters

John loses control and consciousness

He wakes up in the hospital

His wife is sitting beside him

She says that when he lost control the car drove off of a bridge

In the ensuing destruction, traffic below destroyed the bridge supports

It was a miracle John survived

He was almost entirely unharmed physically

The city has been rebuilding the bridge since the accident

It is almost repaired

Because of his accident John is extremely skittish

He is unable to hold a job

His wife must work to support them both

She takes a job farther north that pays better

The job is far more stressful than her last

She resents him for not working

John feels badly for being unable to work

He decides to surprise his wife for lunch

He knows he shouldn’t drive but gets in his old car anyhow