—DANCING ON THE GRAVE THAT I ONCE LIVED IN

 

 

…“However difficult a door may be to open, once you find the key, it becomes easy.” Enta Kusakabe

 

…An awful lot of different things can happen if you do or don’t believe in something.

 

…It doesn’t take a lot, really.

 

...What’s the story I’m telling myself?

 

…All right, let’s go ahead and do this.

 

…Lay my head on the hood of your car, I take it too far…

 

...Just show up.

 

… A thing is never just a thing.

 

…It’s pretty hard to just sit there and wait for your best friend to die.

 

…We’re all tending toward something.

 

…Disappointment keeps us hoping.

 

…You can do, you can do. You can do, You can’t do.

 

…I’m pretty sure no one sighs as much as me or says, “Are you fucking kidding me?” as much as I do in a day.

 

…It really helps if you don’t care, but if you don’t care, what’s the point?

 

…I kind of get it, but you might not.

 

…And there she is, right on time, the saint.

 

…Hold tight, Sparky.

 

…“The goal is not to perform goodness, but just to be good so that we are surrounded by it.” Jay Halsey

 

…I feel like a dope, but that’s what you do when you’re a friend. 

 

…I should probably eat something.

 

...I think I might be sentimentally duped. Tell me if I’m wrong. 

 

...Are you leaving already?

 

…I get it, that some people need a push, but I’m not got at that. 

 

…We could have a countdown too, and that’d be slick, but would it really change anything? (I’m just asking, not cyclically.)

 

…But enough about me. Show me your entire collection.

 

…There’s nothing left to do but wait, so here I sit.

 

…Boy, I sure sigh a lot.

 

…I don’t think I want to think about that now. 

 

…I’m not fooling anyone, not even myself.

 

…It might be time for a Freshie.

 

…You have to laugh. What else are you going to do?

 

…You can only hide so much. 

 

…I’m nothing if not superstitious. 

 

…Some problems are unsolvable. 

 

…Even if it’s not real, if it saves you, isn’t that the point?

 

…What you never want to hear is someone saying, “I’m worried about you.” 

 

…Everything is one thing relieving the pain of others. It helps if you have back problems.

 

…You do the best you can to stay upright.

 

...We go through so many emotions each day, it’s a miracle we survive.

 

…That’s a good point.

 

…What’s it matter?

 

…You should at least look like you care.

 

..Whoa, Sparky, settle down.

 

…It shouldn’t matter but it does, what you said to me last time.

 

…Even when you’re here, you’re gone. 

 

…Sometimes there’s a lot more going on than what the sentence says.

 

…That’s good but it’s not good.

 

…Okay, let’s stop right here and never mention it again.

 

…Well that’s good, but…

 

…What I’m asking is, Have you been to a therapist about this?

  

…Yeah, great, but it’s not 44.

 

…Really? That’s what you’re going to use? Good luck, Chuck.

 

--What are you nervous about?

--Death.

--Everyone is. What else?

--Also Life.

 

...I hate these guys in charge. I do.

 

…“There is always going to be a gap between what is known and what is said.” Joe Alwyn

 

…Those fonts, they get bigger, don’t they? Hopefully.

 

…I’m sorry. You deserve better.

 

…You just have to keep trying.

 

…“Thanks for the apology.”

 

--Is that an Andy Gibb 8-track?

--Somebody left it behind.

--Do you like Andy?

--Ah, yeah, well, I guess, Sort of.

--I Fucking love Andy.

--You do? Really?

--Fuck yeah. Let’s crank it up.