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.

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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?

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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