Wise Thought Number Sixty Three

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

You have allergies,

So flowers would be pointless to give you,

And also kinda rude.

Wise Though Number Sixty-Two

A word to the wise--

Don't be concrete.

A dandelion might

Decide to break you.

9-6-12 

Wise Though Number Sixty-One

There is a word.

A magical word.

So perfect and true:

It is

Fuck.

Wise Thought Number Sixty

Good, God, I might one day starting posting on time again....

People say that all one needs is love,

But language is arbitrary,

Existence is ephemeral,

And Romeo died at the end of that play.

5-20-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Nine

You aren't my morning,

You aren't my night,

You aren't my learning,

You aren't my might.

You aren't the whispers,

You aren't the sighs,

You aren't the bluster,

You aren't good bye.

You aren't yesterday,

You aren't tomorrow,

You aren't right now.

You are only you—and that

          should be enough.

5-19-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Eight

Don't be a rock

and refuse to weep,

Be a Rubber Duckie--

and refuse

to fucking sink.

5-18-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Seven

before

i put my heart

into

your hands--

please

wash them

5-17-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Six

That story

         about the lion and the mouse

Is very unambitious--

         The mouse

                       should have taken pictures

         To use as blackmail at a later date.

5-16-12 (56)

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Five

 Remember, boys and girls--

Abruptly starting to whisper,

Laughing and talking too loud,

Smiling too much,

Or turning quickly away

When the person you like

          walks in

Is about as subtle as a brick to the face.

5-13-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Four

It wont always get better,

But--

        Eventually--

                          It will get less worse.

5-12-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Three

A kind word--

There's really nothing

More to say.

5-11-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-Two

If 'creativity' were an entirely unique thing,

There wouldn't need to be a patent office.

5-10-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifty-One

 We all should learn--

The only time when things

Get Broken,

Is when they Refuse to Bend.

Hide the Bodies,

and Bury your Secret accordingly.

5-9-12 

Wise Thought Number FIfty

i just love those awkward

little moments when that

uber-creepy guy that sits

behind you lets slip the fact

that he watches you as intently

as you watch the people

sitting in front of you

5-6-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty-Nine

Next time some gets upset

When they think you don't like them,

Just assure them “I don't dislike you

       as an individual,

I dislike humanity as a whole.”

4-5-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty-Eight

 Dear dentists--

If I wanted the body parts

         of total strangers

In my mouth--

I would go get wasted at a club.

The bill would be smaller,

And the lingering feelings of

              violation

Would be identical.

Thanks.

4-4-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty-Seven

 When you meet someone

Look them in the eyes--

It lets them know who'a boss.

Pee on their legs if this fails.

4-3-12

Wise Thought Number Forty-Six

Back from spring break! We shall now return to regular updates. 

Good people

Don't go around

Telling other people

What a good

Him or Her

He or she

Is.

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Wise Thought Number Forty-Five

 You can make fun of me

for reading comic books

All you like--

Cuz at least my superheroes

Have a significant moral depth,

unlike your idols.

3-23-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty-Four

 Not all of us are rich enough--

To afford happiness

But all of us are poor enough

To afford love.

3-22-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty-Three

 Tonight

Before you go to sleep

Look up at your ceiling

And thank whoever you see there

For your traumatic childhoods.

You wouldn't be “normal”

Without them.

3-21-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty-Two

 You'll go farther with honey

instead of vinegar.

Honestly--

Do you think the guys

behind Twitter

Would be nearly as successful

If they called their users

Twits?

3-20-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty-One

 There is an exception to every rule.

Like following one's conscious--

Follow it

Do what that little voice tells you

Listen

Unless--

Your conscious happens to be an

Amoral Bastard.

3-19-12 

Wise Thought Number Forty

 When someone is mean to you

Don't be mean back--

Wait for them to get up

And spit on their seat

When they're not looking.

3-16-12 

Wise Though Number Thirty-Nine

 I'm not sure what to do

when I go to the beach.

I mean, how long do you

Expect me

To stare at the ocean?

I'm pretty sure

I've documented

All the ways it can kill me

Within the first ten minutes.

3-15-12 

Wise Thought Number Thirty-Eight

 Let's be honest

It's human nature--

I'm jealous of you

Like the crocodile

Is jealous of the shark.

3-14-12 

Wise Thought Number Thirty-Seven

 People will tell you

Otherwise--

But outside of a zombie

Apocalypse--

'Bite me' is always an

Appropriate

Response.

3-13-12

Wise Thought Number Thirty-Six

Sometimes I wake up at night—

Frightened at the butterflies

Floating in my stomach,

Worried that they might be suffocating

In there, with no air to fly on.

3-12-12 

because I don't feel cavalier today

I'd rather be the dust left from leaping flames

Than endure such a brief existence,

To burn so very true, and only leave a brightness

To linger behind the eyes.

Dust does not burn, it does not leap,

And yet it stays, reduced to essence,

Spread thin and bitter in the space left by greater things.

I'd rather be the dust, the ashes of a passion,

And be blown afar by a stronger wind--

For though ash has no beauty and no heat,

It has the memory still, of something that was.  

3-9-12

Wise Thought Number Thirty-Four

College--
If you have time to
Eat and Sleep regularly,
You're doing it wrong.

3-8-12

Wise Thought Number Thirty-Three

I would really, really

Hate

To be a giraffe in a zoo.

To be tall enough to see

The Sky,

Yet still have feet planted

So firmly on the

Ground.

3-7-12 

Wise Thought Number Thirty-Two

I can hear the

Pitter-patter

of the penguins

Pacing on

The ice.

Camels jabber

At each other,

Ranting the

The unfairness

Of the Desert.

Like monkeys

On a zip-line,

We all die

Sometime.

Let us then

Tango

Unto

Enlightenment.

3-6-12  Inspired by prompts from Lizzy P.

Wise Thought Number Thirty-One

Baby Jesus is called

“tender and mild”

But anyone with

Two brain cells to rub

Together knows,

If babies were Tender,

They'd die the first time

You dropped them,

And they can hardly

Be called Mild in

Temperament.

3-5-12 

Wise Thought Number Thirty

If “google” has become

A verb, representing the

Use of any search engine--

Will the accepted term for

A minority succeeding

In politics be known as

“Obama-ing?”

3-2-12

Written based on prompts from Katie Waldroop.

Wise Thought Number Twenty-Nine

There are some people

You look at them,

And you just know.

If they were given

A sword to hold--

They would stab

themselves

In the foot with it.

3-1-12 

Wise Thought Number Twenty-Eight

Give me all the dirty looks

You want, lady.

Cuz you know what?

Pretty sure,

the bleach-blonde,

stiletto-wearing,

Juicy Couture,

Tanning-bed-golden girl,

Standing next to you

Is your daughter.

And at least my tattoo

Doesn't carry the

connotation

Of sexual promiscuity.

2-29-12 

Wise Thought Number Twenty-Seven

So.

If a unicorn

Is a horse

From when

The world

Was still

Magical--

Does that mean

That humanity

Used to have

Bat wings,

and obeyed the

Whims of

A grouchy

Old Broad,

With a bad

Case of scurvy?

2-28-12 

This poem inspired by prompts made by Adrienne.

Wise Thought Number Twenty-Six

You can tell a lot

from the pants a man wears.

But, you can tell

the important things

When he's not wearing any.

2-27-12 

Poem inspired by a prompt from Abby. 

Wise Thought Number Twenty-Five

I love you

Like a kitten loves a puppy.

I love you

Like van Gogh loved his ear.

I love you

Like diabetics love diet lemonade.

I love you.

Truly, truly I do.

2-24-12 

Wise Thought Number Twenty-Four

Would you love me

       if I were less tragic?

I don't think that you would.

I asked you, you said “No.”

I think

    we should see

          other

People.

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Wise Thought Number Twenty-Three

There is this poem

That is floating in my brain.

But every time I hear

A pencil scratch,

Or the caress of keys

Beneath my fingers,

This poem just seems

To fly out my ear,

Taking inspiration as 

A carry-on.

2-22-12 

Wise Thought Number Twenty-Two

Rapunzel, Rapunzel--

You lived so high up

In your Tower, away

From the violence and

The cruel illusions

Of the lives we live,

But--

How did you get water

Up there to drink?

And bathe?

The stories never seem

to say.

2-21-12 

Wise Thought Number Twenty-One

I don't believe that

A dollar in your pocket

Is a dollar doubled--

A dollar in your pocket

Is a dollar in your pocket,

And not a Snickers

In your stomach.

2-20-12 

Wise Thought Number Twenty

Building a relationship

Reminds me of tie-dye--

We drown the surface

With deep, meaningful

color,

But below that is

Blank, white

Nothing.

It takes time

For the color to

Soak in.

2-17-12 

Wise Thought Number Nineteen

You say “I was gonna say”

Sounding

Oh, so self-satisfied,

Whenever someone makes

A statement that is

Known to be incorrect,

Yet is not corrected due to

social niceties

Because our mothers

Taught us it was impolite

and impolitic,

and utterly

completely

obnoxious

To correct people in front of others.

I'm curious.

What exactly were you going

to say?

2-16-12 

Wise Thought Number Eighteen

Your mouth

is

gorgeous,

don't get me wrong,

but it just keeps

moving

up and down

and

up

and

down

and I

really, really

just can't bring

myself to care.

2-15-12 

Wise Thought Number Seventeen

Bananas are like perfection

They cure a headache

Fill up an empty stomach

Make all your aches go away

And help you learn how to

Theoretically apply a condom.

2-14-12 

Wise Thought Number Sixteen

Look to your

Toenails

For lessons in

Personal hurts.

Painting your

Fingers

Shows all the world

Your chips

and Flaws

And the color fades

From them Fast,

So fast.

The stains are purged

at your pleasure.

On your toes,

Hidden beneath

Shoes and Socks

The color lasts,

The flaking chips last.

All flaws are Slow,

So slow

To fade when they are

Painted on your toes.

2-13-12 

Wise Thought Number Fifteen

My love for you

is honest, deep, and true,

My love for you

is like a parishioner

paying his dues,

My love for you

can only be understood

by a few.

And your love for me?

Well, I should hope

you have prepared

a simile,

or three,

Or at least a corny

reference to Walt Disney.

2-10-12 

Wise Thought Number Fourteen

Tattoos are forever.

Tattoos are philosophical.

Tattoos are

Like extramarital affairs—

Once you have one,

You can't help

But want some more.

2-9-12 

Wise Thought Number Thirteen

Sometimes when I am alone

I sing and dance,

And then I think,

Excepting mental illness or

infirmity

We are all alone in our own

minds.

Why not dance all the time?

2-8-12 (13)

Wise Thought Number Twelve

I marvel at the world,

That a sunset is so

Striking

And the sunrise so

Golden

That a child's trust

is so Pure

And a mother's hug

is so full of Love

That within a diamond

is such Clarity

But dollar bills

taste so Funny.

It must be all

the Strippers.

2-7-12 

Wise Though Number Eleven

My grandmother used to tell me

“Pretty is as pretty does—”

So I spent years searching

For this Pretty person,

To see what it was that she did

That so utterly embodied

Her essence and humanity

But the closest I ever got

Was that one dalmatian from that

Disney movie.

2-6-12 

Wise Thought Number Ten

Don't ever tell a child

That she can be

Whatever she wants

To be.

She will spend a long

Time thinking,

And will grow up

To find that real

Dragons are merely

Reptiles,

And not really worth

The trouble of

Slaying.

2-3-12 

Wise Though Number Nine

I don't see why people find

Flowers

So very romantic.

I don't want flowers

As a token of someones love.

That would be like

They're telling me

One day

My hair will fall out

And that loss of limb

Will somehow

Be involved.

2-2-12 

Wise Thought Number Eight

I think Bruce Banner

Is the luckiest man ever.

If I had been playing

With Gamma Radiation

I probably would've

Just gotten cancer

And still had

An anger problem.

2-1-12 

Wise Thought Number Seven

You can't spell Whimsy without 'him'

I can only interpret this as meaning

My personal inspiration

Is probably not a feminist.

1-31-11 

Wise Thought Number Six

before I had

a cell phone

I didn't care

but now

I carry it

everywhere

and when

I am alone

I stare at it

waiting for

something to

happen

it's like I

have a baby

or something

1-30-12 (6)

Wise Thought Number Five

I sometimes hear

that the Bible

is the perfect story.

I disagree.

The perfect story,

as per its perfection,

would be the perfect movie.

And I think

zombie movies

are fucking

terrifying.

1-27-12 

Wise Thought Number Four

People complain

That I think life is miserable.

People tell me life is a blessing.

Life is the longest,

Most stressful,

Most miserable,

Most dangerous,

Most difficult

Thing we will ever do.

How is that a blessing?

1-26-11 

Wise Thought Number Three

The world is an oyster:

Some people love it

And

Some people hate it

It has a rubbery texture

And

It smells kinda funny.

1-25-12 

Wise Thought Number Two

Life is not beautiful

The life is a playground:

You always

Give up

Half-way through

the Monkey Bars

Bigger kids push you

And your mother

Doesn't see

The slides are never

As fun

As they look

The best spots

On the jungle gym

Are already

Taken

And everyone

Gives dirty looks

To the ones

Swinging.

1-24-12 

Wise Thought Number One

I don't know why

People tell you to 'take heart—'

I wouldn't want

Anyone reaching into my chest

And ripping out

My vital organs.

1-23-12