#poetry

"O how we call each other namesYou call me schizophrenicI call you GodBut we do agree on oneDeluded are we both."

"Yams vs. Sweet Potatoes vs. Cassava vs. Popeye [10w] "I am that I am that I am a yam."

"To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape."

"Failure: the renewable resource."

"So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing,and put your lips to the world.And live your life."

"Nothingwould beeasier withoutyou,because youare everything,all of it-sprinkles, quarks, giantdonuts, eggs sunny-side up-youare the ever-expandinguniverseto me."

"I act as the tongue of you,... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened."

"New York Haiku "My monthly rent checkis more than you will make inyour fucking lifetime."

"Memory Foam [10w] She had an ass like an elephants memoryfoam pillow."

"Underage-Killers [10w] Underage-killers like making a whooshing sound when they shoot people."

"Mild Suffering vs. Great Suffering Mild suffering serves the purpose of inner-change.Great suffering serves the purpose of evil,or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it."

"Doublemint Gum: Double your pleasure. Double your fun... ...we're talking ménage à trois, you son of a gun."

"Happiness [10w] Happiness resides in the quiet pause,not in the pursuit."

"She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes..."

"To those who abuse: the sin is yours, the crime is yours, and the shame is yours. To those who protect the perpetrators: blaming the victims only masks the evil within, making you as guilty as those who abuse. Stand up for the innocent or go down with the rest."

"Memory Timeline of Divorce Divorce +1 year: "Just because we don't talk, it doesn't mean I can't stop thinking about you."Divorce +10 years: "The one good thing that came out of our marriage was our wonderful children."Divorce +20 year: "Who? Doesn't ring a bell."

"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."

"Opportunity Knocks: China When opportunity knocksthe Chinese make knock-offs."

"Tickled Pink Today,without thinking,I filled my half-empty fish tank, to its brink.Having doubled the size of his universe,my Siamese bettais quite tickled pinkThe same thing happens when you fill my half-empty world with your love.Bai, keep pourin'!"