brainsiphon

Loki to your Thor,
Hufflepuff to Gryffindor.
so straight, so true, so sorry, so
Luigi to your Mario.

brainsiphon

I do not think of life as a gift,
because I don't, ah,
believe in Santa Claus.

I think of life history's most incredible,
and most staggeringly improbable,
stroke of blind fucking luck.

think of life not as what you've been given,
but as what you're getting away with.

brainsiphon

most folks will fight for happiness.
most folks are fighting ruthlessly.
I fight to get to normal.
(normal ain't quite what it used to be.)

Dad says, "get a job,
see your friends, and ride your bike.
see the folks you love the most,
and do the things you like."

and I am much obliged for the
shipment that his army sent.
but I can't stand to think of lifting
up another armament.

tell me, who's to benefit?
tell why I fight the war.
tell me what it is, sir,
that I'm even fighting for.

for me, life takes defending.
for you, life's what you live.
is there a debt I haven't paid
that someone could forgive?

I need to know there'll come a time
when I can sleep unguarded,
and touch my lover with a hand
that isn't battle-hardened.

when I see walls that won't collapse.
when I won't fight or hide.
when I'll lay down my sword and shield
down by the riverside.

brainsiphon

I'm Lincoln Beachey and I flew in the clouds,
and I flew to the ground to the thrill of the crowds.
I looped six loops, and I would've tried seven.
you thought I went to hell but I went to-

brainsiphon

y'all got college degrees
and cars,
and that plus experience
is required to work your job,
I'm sure.
and the the reason I'm working with you
at all
is because you hire a temp
whenever you need someone
who can fucking count.
-poems from work (aka "filing")

brainsiphon

this is
just
for now.

this is
just
for now.

this (how many) is
just
for (people) now.

(say) this (this)
just
for now (every day).

this is
just (for)
for (thirty years) now.

(?) this is
just
for now.

-poems from work

brainsiphon

possible to be or not to be afraid of that?
that possibly I'm obsolete, like 8-track tapes and Betamax?
-aging

brainsiphon

belligerent people at the back of the bus:
so far I've overheard
"fag," "nigger," and "John Cena,"
so I'll just stay here in the front,
thanks.

brainsiphon

"greeting with the jungle
we obtained the recreation and the plays
we obtained very that you want
honey we know the names"
-GNR with Babelfish syntax

brainsiphon

"throw father down the stairs his hat I."
-English with German syntax
(or so I've been told)

brainsiphon

I am fairly certain there is no god.
the only hole in my theory:
ketchup exists.

brainsiphon

I wouldn't punch a first grader in the face.
ever.

that is not to say that
a) he wouldn't deserve it
b) I don't think about it
c) I wouldn't fucking love to

brainsiphon

at the optometrist I'll say
"could you dilate just one eye?
I want to be Ze Frank for Halloween."

brainsiphon

don't call it "ants on a log!"
I'm a vegan, dammit,
don't make me empathize with my raisins!

brainsiphon

so long as their parents aren't in the room,
I can say to my students on my way out,
"Catch U Next Tuesday!"
-Tuesday/Thursday tutoring