—I WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH, A BUSTED TOOTH AND A SMILE

 

 

...“Sell your cleverness and purchase bewilderment.” Rumi

 

…Who has a debate with themselves at 3:58am? Oh yeah, that would be no one.

 

…But they’re all white people.

 

...Three weeks ago he called a female reporter, “Piggie, Piggie.” Two weeks ago he called a different female reporter, “Ugly inside and out.” Last week he asked a different female reporter if she was “a stupid person.” How is this okay? 

 

…I was breathing but not alive.

 

…So what if it’s a hoax, as long as it works the way it’s supposed to?

 

…You have been the friend that never left.

 

…I don’t get it all, but it works.

 

--You don’t talk much.

--I know.

--You should talk more.

--I know.

--It would help.

--I know.

 

…It’s funny the things that can get to you if you let them.

 

…Well, you know, that’s because it’s dangerous.

 

…I still don’t know how I got so lucky. That’s not usually how the movie ends.

 

…Christmas time is always a bit fragile for me. I wish I could appreciate and celebrate it like most people, but I’m still not there yet.

 

…Give me a ring when I’m a little bit older and I’ll tell you a story for free.

 

..It’s weird when you have a dog for several days and then you don’t. It’s like you’re always thinking they need to go out. It’s like always thinking there’s something warm nearby that loves and needs you. 

 

…I think I’m getting there, but don’t call a cab quite yet.

 

…I think I might just be trying really hard to fool myself.

 

…I don’t even know what that means, and I’m the one who wrote it.

 

…Now you’re just being stupid again.

 

…Yeah, this could end up being incredibly stupid.

 

…I sure reference “stupid” a lot. That has to mean something.

 

…I think I liked it better when it was wrong.

 

…You know what this is going to be? A long fucking day… But that’s okay. It’s a day.

 

… “There is power in forgiveness.” Angela Maples

 

…Call me when you calm down, or better yet, when you’re sober.

 

…If you can get there, it’ll sound a lot better tomorrow. 

 

…Something I say to myself more than other people do is, “This could be trouble.”

 

…Wait, what the heck’s going on here?

 

…Maybe, maybe, I don’t know. Just don’t be weird.

 

…You’re absolute trouble.

 

…“It feels like so much to be told you have three weeks left to live. Like three whole weeks? That’s incredible.” Andrea Gibson

 

…Sometimes you don’t know that you have expectations until you are disappointed.

 

…Take what the defense gives you.

 

…That looked like hands-to-the-face to me.

 

…You can hear anything through a window if you listen hard enough.

 

…You should take a photo any time you’re with someone you care about. It might feel awkward at the time, but it won’t when you see it back. Trust me.

 

…Well, in the moment, you weren’t all that kind.

 

…“You have to trust the life you ended up with, to live with its nonsense and its wisdom. Read the life you were given and write the life you were given. When you were born you’re given a stack of metaphors. Every poem is another step backwards or forwards. Don’t over workshop or listen too hard to what others are doing or imitate the crowd. Poetry is a private act. Have the guts to be lonely.” Diane Suess 

 

…I’m a wordy motherfucker.

 

…Why does that matter so much to you? That’s always the question.

                    “So, anyway, tell me something about yourself.”

 

…Leave the writer alone, right?

 

…Now I’m just being stupid again.

 

…I’ve got a little dog with me that weighs a lot more than she looks, I’m telling you.

 

…I don’t think I want know that right now.

 

…More of the same isn’t always bad.

 

…I never in my life thought I’d be advocating for Jeffrey Epstein, a child molester, but he’s not wrong here--"i have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous," 

 

…Why do I cry so much?  Is that a good thing, or a weakness. Why doe any man cry so much?

 

…It’s 5:30am, time to take your earbuds out.

 

…Why’re you looking over there when the trainwreck’s right here?

 

...Do you wanna talk, because it seems like you want to talk?

 

…Here Comes the Flood

 

emotional intelligence 

is the toughest 

brain-stuff 

to master 

because the heart 

always interferes.  

       ----Brian Fuggett

 

…What’s the point of that?

 

…It depends on what you get next, right?

 

…So, maybe that’s where we go someday.

 

…The ducks all look that same a 4am.

 

...It’s actually not really fair to share a poem with someone who doesn’t like poetry and expect them to say something complimentary.

 

…You can come if you want to, but I doubt I’ll be around.

 

…Yeah, but would you really do it?

 

…I saw “myself on the floor”, and so on.

 

…Obviously, I’m not alone in this.

 

…if that’s the way you want it, I’ll leave you alone.

 

“Routine is a condition of survival.” Flannery O’Connor

 

…It’s odd to cherish the idea that you’re the only one awake at this hour.

 

...I just have to remember not to second guess myself so much.

 

… "Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted."  Sylvia Plath