It's easy to fall for a poet
But once it's happened, look out
Some days you're up on a pedestal
Every other you're filled with self-doubt
...
She calls her old dog, Henry
And together they frequent the park
Where she ponders the man that's oft brooding
...
A convent, I tell you
That's where I'm headed
At least the sisters
Have a really good answer
...
Three young men leave the bar laughing
A forth sits alone on the curb
A six pack of beer is beside him
...
I'm tired of being a drama queen
I'd like to turn in my tiara
I abscond my rule to another
...
I cannot carry a sofa up 3 flights of stairs alone
I cannot replace the transmission of an automobile
I cannot seem to accept that all you ever wanted from me
Was to get into my pants then get out of my life
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Each time she looks into those eyes
Those beautiful, bottomless eyes
Almost all thought is lost to her
Save for an overwhelming need
...
It was her I was in love with
Not in the romantic sense
So I kept getting back together
With her youngest monster
...
In all the years we've known one another
You've never played the part of assassin
Are you aiming for my head or my heart
...
A product of the late 70's
Another child of the 80's
Teenager of the early 90's
Adult of....Any day now
...
I was leaning forward
Reaching for a wad of paper
Your cat brought it to me
She wanted me to throw it
...
I would find it hilarious
That someone so nefarious
Has forcibly taken control
Of the world's supply of petrol
...
A murder of crows congregate in my dooryard
They accost me on the way to the garage
Avian trick-or-treaters all clad in the same costume
Questioning my lack of edible garbage lately
...
An attempted murder, one might say
The intended target of the attack
My trusting nature and naivete
...
I have a lovely name
Although I do not use it
I have a pretty face
...
In radio, an 'Indiscreet Episode' is when you say a word or play a song that is bound piss off the FCC. You mark in a log what the offensive word was and when you committed this grievous sin. My life is one big indiscreet episode, as I speak before considering who I might offend.)
Agonal
sitting and watching
waveforms dance across a monitor
telling the nurse what she already knows
99 years, afterall, is an awful long time
look at that heart rate
now look at that pressure
a complicated routine
of just enough drugs
there's a lot that can be done
to prolong the life of the dying
but the family isn't there
when the agonal breathing begins
when it's two shallow, one gasp
five shallow, another long one
a phone call is made
a mind has apparently changed
keep him going a little longer
spend a few more thousand dollars
stretch it out several more hours
just until they can see for themselves
families seem to always let go
long after the patient already has
(07/01/07)
Quick and honest assessment - Lysa may well be an Indiscreet Episode, but Jasus, can she write!