Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Words to Live By



Chalk it up.
Not enough thought for talk.
Another gem for my splendid collection.

One more round of platitudes
for my life at that table over there-
we can drink those empty calories
until we are simple enough
to sing pointless songs
and smile without a reason.

It’s hard enough to find one mantra to live by.
One championed cause to tout
standards high and dizzy like sun-fumes,
banners bright and burning like polluted lakes.

In the temple of my sins
I throw
these pretty stones at cut-glass windows
hurl curses at my captors,
I ignore the open door.

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