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

Someday, 
you will look in the mirror
and your level gaze 
will be met 
with the pain filled stare 
of someone 
who has used themselves 
one too many times.

Every girl you fuck, and fuck over
has feelings, has emotions.
Someday, when you get played 
you will realize that you do too...

Watch where you park your shit at night 
someday, 
you may wake 
to find that it was towed...
then where are you?
What will your vehicle 
for abuse be?

Your kind words, 
with the veneer wearing down.
the danger 
staring me in the face 
from behind all the places
where you've patched yourself
back together
for the sake 
of appearing whole.

I see how this ends.
A poor drama this is- 
when the entire audience 
has the ending pinned 
before the opening credits 
have even finished rolling 
across the blank screen.

Just...

F a d e A w a y . . .

Just...

Forget about being something 
important...
Forget about being cool... 
forget about being appealing...

And just be.
Strip yourself of all the niceties
that society has crammed 
down your pants...
Forget all the places 
you've been taught were yours 
to play with...

The Heart, 
the Head, 
The hole....

Just...
Quiet yourself 
and prepare 
for the belief
that there is more to this life

T h a n T h i s . . .


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
A Farewell To Firesigns
Don't Tell Me How I'm Supposed to Fall
Down The 3rd Step to the Basement
Drive
Forget About Being Cool
Typeology
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