found this in my poetry folder:
I forgot to tell you I love rhinos.
Every now and again I will write my wife a note that says “I forgot to tell you I love rhinos” and nothing else.
WCW wrestler, Sting, and robotic law enforcement officer, Robocop, best bros forever! This is the greatest image in the history of images. No hyperbole!
“Look at the strength of Robocop!”
Shakespeare wishes Mantaur was around to write poems about.
For Jules (or no more cowboys)
We weaponized our kid’s tiny Lego men.
They were the soldiers of the future,
our ace in the hole against Martian invaders.
But the moon men never came
and all the little Lego men up and died one day.
Tiny puffs of smoke came out their chests.
Their tiny hearts were simply unable to contain all their love.
Inside a Starbucks just outside of Pittsburgh
she said she likes to play with
forms.
and
my poetry was much too simple. Not bad
just
only good enough to get
one good roll in the hay. (Or maybe two.)
said in a whisper.
so it very may well have been
sexy.
sex
sets
seconds
sick
six
poems ago.
what poetry looks like when I write it at work
coworker: what is the poem you published about?
me: how the only fight a couple as ever had was about the guy saying he wanted to have sex with julie andrews and how they react to it.
coworker: you want to have sex with julie andrews?
me: the poem isn’t a true story but i totally would have.
coworker: what do you mean the poem isn’t a true story?
me: …
Linden Avenue Literary Journal
Please follow and spread the word. Thanks y’all.
oh, hello there, tumblr. It’s been a while, yes? this happened:
coworker: a poet huh? can you write one right now then?
me:
i dreamt i was a viking.
big burly and bearded.
i ruled the seas
my mom woke me
i brained her with a can of corn.
coworker: why would you write that?
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