I used to think

Sounding and Echo

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:41:51 -0500

inspired by Arcade Fire’s “Suburbs”

I want a daughter

While I am still young.

I want to hold her hand

And show her some beauty

Before the damage is done.

Because when she finds out that love

is not enough

Maybe she won’t run.

Maybe she will want more.

And we’ll sit and wait

as delicate parents

on delicate shores.

Because the fear

of losing each other

To her

Is like the fear of falling

In love again.

She is the canyon.

And we are the echo.

Together, the sounding.

- i used to think

Basement Banquet

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:37:00 -0500

inspired by Langston Hughes’ menu

Listen all you hungry ones
Look and see what Vanity Affair says
About the luxury of being lonely.

Every room is a private home
Won’t you want to be alone
When the winter comes?

I’ve had my last banquet
Sitting in a basement
Listening to Pavement.

It cost 28 million to be distinguished
Giving into charity
And rags for the hungry.
The subway it ends up lonely.

But after midnight
We’ll take a good room
And sleep on new sheets
Before we dine again.

And why not meet the next man
To shake your hand?

So let’s stay inside tonight
And clip coupons with our gloves on
So the ink don’t stain our hands.

And if we find the right kind
We’ll be fine.

We’ll have the room another night.

- i used to think

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:49:18 -0500

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I used to think I knew the names of all the colors.

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:45:44 -0500

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:07:29 -0500

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:52:49 -0500

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:12:57 -0500

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:52:15 -0500

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The Conductor

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:08:00 -0500

Your instincts are instruments

that have their own sound

and beg for conducting

to be played aloud.

Their sound is enraptured

and you start to sing.

The melodies come faster

than you can think.

You open your eyes

hoping they will agree

only to find

no one else listening.

Can no one hear?

How can that be?

Do they prefer silence

to life’s harmonies?

They ask you to sing

but then disagree

and say that your song

is not worth the fee.

And then they move on

and they’ll all be fine

and at your next concert

they’ll be first in line.

But you are still left

delayed and behind

battered and broken

from wasting your time

Trying to translate

what’s out of their range

whilst fending off monsters

that live in your brain.

And you’ll start to think

that you’re on display.

That your tight-rope cocktail

of work and of play

may be to blame

for how you were received.

But forget not

why they believe

that you are what you are

that you’ll always be.

The one who can hear

what they choose to ignore,

the unyielding voice

of the conductor.

The one who will lead.

The one unafraid.

The one who constructs

what couldn’t be made.

The one who brings forth

what needs to be.

The one who can hear

silent symphonies.

- i used to think

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