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I will never be an acrobat.
This thought recently occurred to me.
There is no “probably” in that statement.
I will never be an acrobat.
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Turning 25 or, My First Adult Thanksgiving
Off the Rails
[the quarterlife quarterly | april 2011]
Love and Possibilities (.pdf, page 27)
[breadcrumb scabs | march 2011]
i.
He couldn’t sleep. He woke his wife up. “I can’t sleep,” he said. “Well,” she said. “Now I can’t sleep either.” She said, “Sometimes you can be such a jackass.”
I know that Sun and Moon only look the same size because
While the sun is 40,000 times bigger the moon is 40,000 times closer; and
I know that the moon cannot self-illuminate because
It’s just a big, dumb rock reflecting sunlight; but I also know that
All day, they chase each other, like jealous lovers, and
All night, they chase each other, like jealous lovers.
It’s 70 degrees and I’m out front with the fam –
Wearin’ a sweatshirt, drinkin’ hot coffee, readin’ Raymond Carver –
It’s football weather.
The numbers don’t matter, ’cause
That’s what it feels like.
i. bukowski and stein
hey, you. you. you
matter. you matter. you.
you matter. yes, you
do. you. you. you do. you
ii. walt whitman to the downtrodden
bellow with gusto! because
getting down
on yourself is a good way to
stay there.
iii. dr. williams
hello to you!
i said
you smiled which
was enough
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Thursday April 12 2007
[32klx | summer 2007]
Kalli texts me
Vonnegut is dead
I text Kalli
That’s why I’m drinking
Kalli texts me
Oh good
