Technical Writing & Random Thoughts

 

Old (& not particularly good) Poetry


The Brutality of Youth - The First Words :1991-1994
Vanity - Product of a Public Education :1995-1998
The Resident Muse - The Coffeehouse Era :1999-2000
Post Education - The Hardcore Haze :2001-2002
Overworked - Reflections On A Lesser Existence :2003-2006
Daily Missives - The Poem of the Day Collection :2005-2007
Sweet Dreams And Other Fictions :2008-

 

27 Reasons to Quit Smiling

What is this?
this thing here...
what should I do
and where should I go

what road will lead me 
back to a safe place.

When can I forget
everything you haven't said 
and all the knowing smiles 
and all the astonished 
blinking stares...

What is happening?
What caused you
to change your mind about me?
what turned your eyes this way?
To what honor do I owe
this rapture...
this glory...

Yesterday
I couldn't have been more angry
I couldn't have felt more hate...
But today, 
I am in a sea of confusion
I am lost, 
and unwilling to find 
unforgiven
unwanting
uncaring

But tell me this
what is this thing?
Why do you bring this to me?
Do you live for confusion?
Or is it your facade
your smiling mask to hide behind 
so no one can see your tears.

Before I Do
A Place With Shade
A World Without Glitter
Adam, Eve, and an Ill Fated Apple
Aftermath
All of Our Words
At Least I Still Have The Phone Numbers
Bad Drug
Being Infinite
Better Than This
Cold
Comprehensive
Conspiracy
Desire
Don't Tell Me How I'm Supposed to Fall
Down The 3rd Step to the Basement
Drive
Forget About Being Cool
Isn't It Obvious?
Different Than Mine
We Weren't Meant to Fly
I Am Only An Architect
Cotillion
I Know This Now
I Take This All
One Half Hour
Fatal Miscalculation
Mail-Order Life
fallacy
More Than I Deserve
My House
My World
One Girl Left Standing
Playing to Die
Please Stop Pushing Now
Recycled
Ritual
Soap Opera Life
From One, To The Other
Something Else Inspiring
From Far Away Places
Spitting Fire
Intersection
The Real Me
The Roomie
Waking Alone
Unforsaken
This, In Itself
Expectation
Underscore_Hate_Underscore
This One Is Untitled
Urbanized
... Is Fullness