Rx

they expect me to
save lives, but i can't even
take care of myself

I Heard There Was A Secret Chord

a wise man once said
"all songs are sad songs, if you
know how to listen"

H2O

i feel as if i'm
drowning, yet dying of thirst
at the same time, and

i'm claustrophobic
in my own skin, and if i
could just escape

for a minute or
two, maybe everything
would feel good again.

suspend your disbelief for a moment

you can doubt it, but
i'm not seeking physical
intimacy-- not

really. i just want
to be anchored to someone
outside of myself.

butterflies, revisited

i decided that
you weren't worth my time, until
i saw you again.

stories

the soft words are now
unfurling below my breasts
and i'll sing them out

addiction

each conversation
with you is equal parts hot
pain and cool pleasure.

OrnithoLogical

i saw you lurking
in my tree, i said come back
you are not that far

gone, but sullen bird,
you're blinking a pale eye and
holding the branch close

ii

in the future we
will worry less about what
we can't know, can't change.

we'll just fly away
in hover cars and play, loud
on hover guitars.

autobiography

"my whole life has been
a lie" is the first truth that
i have ever told

i refuse to shorten your name

i try to be less
awkward, but you inspire a
loss of self-control

You don't scare me

I dreamed of your lips
just now. I wonder will they
touch mine this weekend

life/death

i woke up today
and realized that i've been dead
for twenty-two years

fast food

relationships are
like cigarettes: great at first
and gross at the end.

When nature calls

I wake up early
Ready to smell the cool breeze;
Just when nature calls