I think I prefer
being by myself alone
because wanting is so
much easier than having
wanting simply requires finding
whereas having requires keeping
finding is much easier
all that one has
to do is look
but having requires blindness
the ability to overlook
to blink to swallow
and then to take
I think I prefer
to simply be alone
because when I’m alone
I can see and
I can wonder and
I can choose whether
or not I want
Category: Affection
WhyDon’tThey
What if what someone
finds you attractive for
isn’t the thing that
you want them to
what if the thing
that you know to
be the best you
is never even seen
what do you do
I have found myself
bobbing in an ocean
of suitors immersed in
their affections batting away
the paws and nibbles
wishing that just one
would take a bite
from the place where
I know I’ll bleed
but rather they bump
against the one place
where what they think
is flesh is bone
sometimes I think that
I will simply drown
rather than being eaten
to live again a
part of someone else
ThatSound
And it was then
that I knew that
we were not finished
because of what reminded
me of you it
was the quietest whisper
something that without silence
would have gone missing
I was sitting alone
and drinking my coffee
and without a thought
drew my thumb down
across the lip of
the cup and the
sound at first faint
but when repeated reminded
me of the sound
of your front door
bell that very first
time I ever rang
ThinkDoToo
We all well I
do and I think
that you do too
do this thing that
I think well I
know that I do
I guess that I
well that you do
or might maybe do
too this thing that
But let’s not talk
about this thing anymore
let’s just do it
this thing I think
that I do that
you want to do
too with me now
KnowYouThenThem (to Gil)
What is not important
is to have friends
for friends unlike you
causes dissonance and distraction
and dissonance causes discomfort
oh it is okay
to sometimes swim
with the ducks but
when you are a
swan only other swans
can show you how
go find your gaggle
your herd your flock
even though your intention
of leading by example
is too often admirable
more often than not
those who are anchors
will never ever float
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 