Lifetime

Every time I think the movie is over 
It's just a commercial break
Who knew I was living in a mini series
And not a movie of the week?
But the shot goes from wide to zoom
And I wonder who am I
Standing out in the cold
This week I am just the guy
Standing outside 
Of the clinic. 

Opera

One time I laughed at a joke
During an Opera.
It was even in
Another language.
I was so proud of myself
For understanding
Well enough to laugh.
Now I realize I am always
Looking
For that.
A chance to understand things
Well enough to laugh.

Frozen

Dupont fountain is frozen
Its time that I start to
See that I am the
Same as the coins
Stuck on the
Bottom
There

Smells Like Smoke

Your house burns
Down in flames.
Tell me when
You can tell
That your house
Smells like smoke...
Is it too
Late? Its too
Late I know
It is.

The First Year

All comets keep moving

Until they find an orbit

Then its only a matter of learning

To enjoy the view.

Though some comets just crash

Into the surface

having faith in the places

They are crashing into.

Christmas 2011

Sitting in silence
And knowing he is there.

Marlboro Red One Hundreds

The world is happening around me and I can
See myself sit there, the American
As the banks fall and crumble down to their knees
Finally having the same money issues as me
And a new wave of hippies sits to lament
On guitars the struggle of the ninety nine percent
And the countries are screaming from poverty, disease
We wonder whats next for good ‘ol HIV
And wonder what it is that our children will see
And why a black president didn’t make us all free
I can’t help but see me
Doing the best I can
To not understand
See me. American.
It’s officially too much and I know I’m no use
To anyone when I’m in tears and I refuse
To let the way that world is being abused
Make my cigarettes burn any faster
Be it financial meltdown or medical disaster
I’m done
It’s enough
I’m through
Thank you
I did what I can
And I don’t have a plan
Love, American.