Thursday, May 29, 2008

3 poems from my book

holding a tiny dixie cup in my hand makes me feel like a giant human being that can crush things

i was in my bedroom silently freaking out while staring at a computer screen

i lay down on my bed and got up and lay down on my bed and got up

the highway overpass brought me an intense fear and put it into my brain after going through my eyes

i looked for a plastic thing for two hours

i wanted to take a picture of myself with a sad facial expression and took three and i had an angry facial expression in them

in some strange communication my roommate called me a name and asked me where his lunch was and i didn't know what to say to him and he asked me if i was taking a vow of silence today and i said no and i whispered i am not taking a vow of silence today

someone sent me a picture of a poster of a lost dog on a telephone pole in a dark place and i felt sad

i walked around with no aim and after awhile i could not remember having left my house and then i remembered and i went home

there was old coffee and a novel and some cigarettes on my desk and i was intellectual and beautiful



sometimes i go places

sometimes i feel strange

like a calculator

a T-83

input, variables, output

a battery life

sometimes

i feel so small

that i look at my finger

and can only think about it being

in a universe

i'm bored

fucking

purpose is the temporary relief of boredom

boredom is the bed you return to after your day is over

i will drive to the ocean

the past will be a form of energy

the present will be the road i drive on

it will lead me to outer space

i will float away

suffocating


terror

during a solar eclipse

you an see a shadow passing over an entire continent

if you were in space

this would feel incredible

an incredible horror

like getting chainsawed


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