Trying On Poems

If the Shoe Fits

...Like trying on your mother’s shoe;
they do not fit, but still they do
and yet, your father’s, never tried
for what secrets do both shoes hide?...

Four Wheels

...Four Wheels
 I saw a stranger in a wheelchair.
 At the gym shooting hoops by herself.
 The courage to keep on going.
 No care toward what someone else would be saying.
 In a big room all to your...

The Prismatic Self

...Spelling, syllable count, vanity, too simple, Simon! Be prolific, cruel, smart, up to par, above the bar, fit for the stage. Tap, tap, tap…
—by poet

The Prismatic Self

See the ...

Gradations of Color

...Hydration day’s a month away.
Online belonging company’s an hour from 
startup stardom. Titration hors-d'oeuvre 
Viewfinder pigeonholed 
to rooftop tourist 
traps ruin’d carriage holy woods 
Ho...

Time

...When only a few minutes.
Are allowed.
Take 30 seconds.
Out of the equation.
Take 29 of those seconds.
Not to debate, but rather-
Freeze from fear.

When only a few minutes.
Morph into a conf...

Runescape Poem

...Oh runescape, oh old school 
How someone once gave me rope and chair and knife.
That noob was such a fool.
I have also been a wife.

From rs girlfriends to bots and scammers.
We go through the ...

Shoes

...• Trying on a pair of pastel pink shoes
• To see if they go with my pastel pink suit
• I asked my girlfriend for her opinion 
• She thought what I thought, "those shoes look cute"...

body box - what i am now v2

...if you saw me
the way i see myself
maybe you'd get it.

"count your calories,
read the nutrition panels,
diet,
exercise,"
i know. 

believe me,
i know. 

"it's for your health,"
turns i...

Windows of Hope

...The songs of the early nineties keeps ringing in my ears, it is the  joy and the melody that I continue to feel and hear, I can still feel the chills as the snowflakes drops on my window sill and  Sa...

what i am now

...if you saw me
the way i see myself
maybe you'd get it.

"count your calories,
read the nutrition panels,
diet,
exercise,"
i know. 

believe me,
i know. 

"it's for your health,"
turns i...

EARTHROCK

...There is clamoring
In the courtyard
For the feast to come
Guests in their rooms
Trying on garments
To display all they've done

Singing and shouting
Dancing a muck
Thanking the gods
For goo...

I Forgot That You Existed

...
In the shadows, I once dwelled, feeling wronged, so long, so long,
Your shade cast, stole my light, till my radiance was gone, gone, gone.
Caught in your grip, couldn't escape, lost in feelings d...

My sensible precautions list

...Make sure you do not need the toilet before stepping into a lift.

If you drop something pick it up before a packrat or a magpie sees it.

A good book is always worth having when in a waiting roo...

Summer of Crazy

...I still have that letter somewhere.
You made me promise to not tell anyone you wrote it.
So I kept that promise,
I kept it for thirty years.
I’m kinda thinking it’s long enough.

Why was I attr...

Greetings

...This greeting is for you to tell you that your dreams have come true .This greeting is for you to tell you that the battle is already won and I will be meeting with you on the stand. Our meeting will...

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