creative writing
Rewind
I’m kept up at night by the burning resentment
of failures that ache for repeat and perfection.
My faults might be faulted as gross imperfections
but I’m working hard at them, give me some time.
My flaws may be brazen and ugly, however
they’ve stayed with me longer than you ever did.
You say I keep making the same mistakes over
but [...]
Conversations
Pretty girl gets on the subway
sits with her father in his tourist shirt
holds a conversation on something
i assume it’s the day’s plans.
They speak with hands, silently
i pull out my iPod and listen to Bach
and feel guilty.
Thermostats
I’d have the temperature much cooler to sleep
and the fact that she’d have it be warmer
annoys me
but agreement on climate
is not really love.
Then, she’d live in one place, and I in another,
and the idea of a partner with common goals
suits me
sometimes, but common addresses
are for roomates and co-workers
and lovers cross boundaries that others might share.
That [...]
She In the Morning
She’s never more beautiful than the morning.
Trousers and blouse for people at work,
shorts and sandals for park-playing children,
makeup and dress for waiters and fellow diners.
And I share her not well.
*
Blinds pierced by sunless light,
voices without throats filtering up from the street,
a world not yet perceived is not.
Clothed in a t-shirt
my college named on it
she’s never [...]
The Transaction
Please, she says to me,
whisky on a cold winter day.
Yes, I reply,
ribbon pulled taut on a giftwrapped package.
I love you, she says, and
shut up, I say.
When you say it like that it’s currency.
Hey Sexy
Frat boy whistles as I pass by
“Hey sexy” he calls out in my direction.
Though he might be talking to the girl next to me
Though her long blonde hair is surely appealing
Though her slender frame has a clear allure
Her ass is flatter than the Berlin Wall
And my girlfriend says that my bottom is cute.
So I guess [...]
