It's not your fault you're sensitive.
It's not my fault I'm not.
We both know those are lies --
I've tried so hard to become this robot.
But, it's easier than anger,
and I think I'm doing good.
It's been a solid week
since I have dreamed
of burning
down my neighborhood.
But, when I was young,
I loved young girls
who loved me
for my perfect poetry.
Now, I am old
and the young girls
don't seem to even want
to know that part
of me,
imperfect as it may now be.
I keep drinking in the evening
in my living room, alone.
It's not sad if I keep laughing
and occasionally check my phone.
I mean, who wants to drive forever
just to run a bar tab up?
Still, if Tacoma keeps on calling me,
some day,
I may pick up.
But, if it's too soon
to be writing you songs,
then it's too soon
to really be wrong.
If it's too soon
to be writing you songs,
then it's too soon.
But, someday, I will lose my teeth
and all that I will eat will be
the thought of you
with seaweed up your legs,
dancing out the slow death
of the day
and walking up the block as I
leer at you like a samurai,
waiting to put some letters
in the pockets of your robe
or in the place where your skin folds
right beneath your little nose
so you can smell out where I go
when I go,
where I go when I go
where I go when I go
where I go where I go
where I go where I go
where I go
when I say I'm going home.
But, when I was young,
I loved young girls
who loved me
for my perfect poetry.
Now, I am old
and the young girls
don't seem to even want
to know that part
of me,
imperfect as it may now be.
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