December 2009
7 posts
a christmas present
I could write a hallmark card but you’d hate that
about how strong you’ve made me feel
or how I, everyday, love you clearly
which is true but trite and not appropriate for what is really here
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because, mummy, we both know that what is real is what is complicated
and humorous and angry and a melancholy bliss
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for what is here is standing for two hours while your plane lands in the...
wideeyedhippiechild:
shineon84:
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would you read this poem if the title were...
there’s a war going on and that’s a fact
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she’s got her feminist face on, she said
and I and everyone around me laughed to say
ha ha we know that face ha ha
we know that angry women’s lib look
don’t fuck with a girl who used to wear steel toed shoes
because she wanted power like a man
being too afraid of women’s wily way
which slips in and out and does not hold
or so I thought
I’ll...
