Friday, February 26, 2010
OYHSTWTM
the man who first said, “I will have them
eating out of my hands!” never fed an animal
in his life. He never cooked a meal for his mother
or his son or his wife – never bought a meal
for anyone but himself – but once, on
an airplane, he passed a coffee to the person
next to him because the stewardess
couldn’t reach
*
they only way I’ve survived this long
is that I can taste the thing before I’ve
put it to my tongue
*
I would let you
*
you’re careful not to get your fingers bitten
as you should be
they are lovely fingers
*
I’ve never been truly hungry – close to starvation or
too weak to cry. There are two types of people
in this world
men
&
women
& they crawl through the blackness
towards one another, locking mouths
in the months before elections
*
people who have experienced great loss
& great love, great war & great weirdness
don’t really talk about it much. & why would they?
People who eat out of peoples’ hands, they talk
as loud as they can.
No one listens to them
*
you open your hands
show them what they’re missing
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I'm reading this in class today as part of our end of the year coffee house poetry reading.
That makes me super happy.
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