I'm so unstable
I mean, I took second in poker last night
and I was pissed because it was 2 in the morning
and it was going to throw my
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I catch myself forming elaborate opinions
glancing at strangers walking to class
and maybe that's why nobody stares
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I remember making my move
you were so young
and cute
sitting there with your family every week at church
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I love our alarm clock
“Mommy, Daddy, it’s time to wake up.”
Cheerios and Chex
Lilly’s family prayer
...
there's lots of different lunches and dinners
but I eat one thing for breakfast:
cold cereal
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last night I woke up with a weird headache
like there was a poisonous marble
lodged in my brain
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we wanted to see a 30 acre property
up South Fork Canyon
owned by some rich dude
who we scheduled to meet
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a funny face, a weird noise, a silly dance
all three at once
I love making my kids smile
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there's so many people in the world
and I only care about a few
I just look at the rest
they're funny
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it's so fun to complain
I mean, we're taught not to
but people are most passionate about
their love and their complaints
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I used to make fun of my dad
because he took golf so seriously
then I started playing with my boss
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I'm sitting here alone
on a massage chair
I bought Sarah for Christmas
she cried because I spent too much
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the cruise itinerary
on our last night in the Caribbean
said 'Adult Scavenger Hunt'
with this disclaimer:
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as I step off my lawn
and head west on the sidewalk
into the cold night
first thing I see is Orion
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I know we're supposed to be nice and all
but most people eventually bother me
and I'm sure I bother them
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screw iambic pentameter
stuttering in print
if Shakespeare were alive today
he'd probably be in Hollywood
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my friend posted the following on Facebook today:
Guys are like the In and Out Burger menu
Girls are like the Cheesecake Factory menu
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I was born the second child in a family of five, raised in the LDS church, and served a two year mission in Brazil. I'm a perpetual student at BYU (going on 9 years) . After getting married and having two kids, I began writing poetry, influenced by Charles Bukowski, Billy Collins and Garrison Keillor's Good Poems. My poetry is still in its infancy, and I'm excited to continue writing and publishing my poems for whoever fancies them.)
I Went Golfing
I'm so unstable
I mean, I took second in poker last night
and I was pissed because it was 2 in the morning
and it was going to throw my
schedule off the next day
I have meditation at 11
it's supposed to rain at 3
I have this expensive golf pass
and every day I can't use it
it just eats at me
not to mention a ton of work to do
'$%@*#^! '
(One of these days
someone is going to catch me screaming like that)
my poetry is so self-deprecating
plus it's both a home movie and boring
the two things my creative writing teacher says to never do
if I could just get out of debt
I really need to go to meditation today
but I don't know if I'll choose that or golf
seriously