February 2011
32 posts
my bones are achy and my back is bent. my room is littered with clothes in anticipation of warm weather. papers strewn about the floor. new york. portland. seattle. chicago. san francisco. five. five very different places. los angeles out. one down. phew. coffee isn’t much help. magazines stacked neatly next to books. moleskin fresh and crisp. my penmanship is shaky and my lips are chapped....
from the ends of my moleskin
i miss you. i miss being overwhelmed by you. YOU probably think this is about you, but that is not the case. i enjoy sitting in my bathtub while listening to the rain. i want to have sex and fuck all the time. dance around in circles and watch my dress flow. throw on my rainboots and stomp around in puddles. hop on the train and get off somewhere new. go explore. wander fresh streets and drink in...
i strive to make myself better. the only person i want to be with is myself and i am madly in love with her. i will surround myself with heart warming people and those who feed my soul. i will run and run and run and work myself into someone i can be even more proud of. i will perfect my poise and wear my ballets more often. smear my lips with rouge and paint my face with sunshine. more soccer and...
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t...
i am desperate for warm sun and freckles on my face. to run around in short shorts and skinny tank tops. feel hot sand between my toes and the sound of cresting waves. park myself on a little stretch of paradise and stay there for hours. the beach has been calling my name for weeks. i have been stock piling my drawers with barely there clothing in hightened anticipation for warm weather. my skin...
the Girl Scout’s motto is also mine. i fill my life with worthwhile deeds such as—well, never mind what. my duty is—to be useful. i am a friend to male animals. i obey orders. I am cheerful. that was another police car. i am thrifty and i am absolutely filthy in thought, word and deed.
i need to build less walls and more bridges