CJP's

Selling statues on the side of the freeway

Horses, giraffes, an elephant

A big Jesus

fountains that spray

or maybe they pour?

Evaporate

Extrapolate

Matriculate

Integrate

Metal and concrete

like people only not

like animals only caught

in hardened poses

of imaginary

JOY!

Except not Christmas JOY!

But nesting and feeding

and walking and breeding

Almost caused an accident

because of the huge T-Rex

that reached over the fence

with it’s ENORMOUS jaws

but tiny little arms

He’s all talk.

Like you.

Salutations sir,

You took my air before I could speak. Is it true that you meant what you said the other day? Or is what you said today the truth. See, you’re so indifferent, and I’m not quite clear on the details. Minutiae stuffed into Christmas stockings, overflowing with life savers and candy canes, talk of XOXO’s and sympathy hugs, stories of city walks at 1am for cigarettes and company.

I’m wondering if you’ll speak the same way today, I never know what your plans are. I’m not quite sure of mine. Either way, we’re quietly positive we’ll end up with what we’re with because it’s too much to think about plus it’s not really “cost effective” fiscally speaking, of course.

Let’s do lunch next time you’re around. My treat,

~????

How’d we get in this place
The place that feels like mud
Collectively it’s the same
But totally different
Spots
On
The
Map

Circular mistakes teased by
Tiny twinkles of happiness
It seemed like it would be
O-K
But it always comes back to
This
Same
Damn
Question

Why did I choose this path
What the hell was I thinking
I can’t make a square peg
Fit in a swirly shaped hole
I
Need
Out
Now

a creation
something i can look at
to prove you exist
i'd write it out
but you hid before
i could sprinkle
the inks on the papers.

i'd tell you not to be shy
but your life was a jawbone
to the cranium,
like what samson used
to kill all those philistines
in the bible.
damns those bible stories
are violence alive!

to be honest
all i'd probably write
is one word.
"you you you you you"
over and over repeated
thats about all i think
anyways

well not all i think
sometimes i crave
a magic marker
and a white board
a black marker
to mark things up.
smudgy when you clean it
i hate that.

i'm the girl who loves you
inside and out
backwards and forwards
with my heart hanging out.
that's openness baby
get used to it
and put it to practice
now and then, for me?

a 10 year cocoon
your butterfly wings are
as pretty as mine
lets flutter them together
baby

i love rain because
it's like being spit on by
great god almighty!