I don’t know if this is how to be a person

By span

Tue, 31 Aug 2010
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I don’t know if this is how to be a person

Spend a lot of time, sitting it out
on thin gym benches,

feel older than everyone you meet,
make a commitment to conversation

look eyes in the love,
take a long line of decisions and knit,

make yourself complete
the scarf by Christmas.

Do Jacobs ladder, Chinese box,
rubrix personality routines.

Be an installation of a heart hurting,
set fire to the gallery.

Save only the shark and the bed scene.
Lie on sofas, blowing quit smoke at ceilings,

Hold your eye sockets with glove puppet fingers,
tenderly, tap them, when they wake up,
they will join in.

Certificate U
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by littleditty on
really liked this -thin gym benches, a commitment to conversation and knitting, and the finger puppets will join in - might tinker and repost a gym bench one :) good read x

 

Submitted by maggyvaneijk on
beautiful piece, fantastic details that really ring true, especially the Christmas scarf. Great title as well.

 

Submitted by Kahdai on
Really like this one even though I think its sad K

"I will make sense with a few reads \^^/ "