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Jan 26 2008

Empty Chair

Filed under: Social Commentary

There is an empty chair between us
Not quite so empty, after all
There is an empty chair –
A barrier
An empty chair that should be there,
However much I hate it.

Jan 19 2008

This is Right

This is right.
Irrevocably, inescapably, inevitably.
Exactly how it’s supposed to be
Without the perfection.
This is is right.
Exactly how it’s supposed to be
Give or take a few major excerpts.
This is right.
Exactly how it’s supposed to be
Except
Not quite.

Jan 16 2008

Unobtrusively

Filed under: Poetry

I don’t think about it
I don’t talk about it
But it’s there
The unspoken fact
A fluorescent paean
Humming unobtrusively
Beneath my conversation
It’s there
But it’s manageable.

Jan 14 2008

My Steering Wheel

My steering wheel alone
Knows what I am dying to shout
The whisper I settle for
At least someone has said it
At least its true
At least I know
You and I and my steering wheel
The only confidant
Sure to keep my confidence
In this tangle of mutual friends.

Jan 01 2008

Anxiety

Anxiety is worthless
I always know what you really mean
I am just too easily inundated
With the polite imperative of
Implausible alternatives
To accept the subtle

Jan 01 2008

Where Did We Meet?

Filed under: Social Commentary

Where did we meet?
It was on the playground, wasn’t it?
In the midst of cobbled and terse
Attempts to achieve make-believe
Dungeons and Dragons glory.
Where did we meet?
It was after English class, wasn’t it?
As everyone else gossiped
About enigmatic relationships
And kisses and marijuana.
In World Geography
The first day of freshman year
While I drew aimless patterns
On the hand you wanted to hold.