“Studies show attractive people
Are more beautiful than people
(Who think of themselves)
(As unattractive))
.”
“Using a scale of appreciation
(Controlling for this and that)
Confirms what we have always
Suspected
.”
“Beautiful people are (in fact)
Beautiful
(Whenever (and only when)
They (are) attract(ive))
.”
life’s a half-crazed, wildeyed thriveling
her pupils tremble and dilate
in a dream she seems
to walk along the cornstalks
eating ryebread
she thumbs seeds
into the sand
.
death’s a half-sane, disconnection spanning
her non-claws don’t click,
constantly cleaving
s/he saunters along the concrete
with a smile but no plan
eats nothing and drags
life by her hair
yourself’s
all you can be
so just be your good self
– –
your self
will grow better
if you would act as if
forget
the narrowed looks
opinions of others
– –
recall
all you have’s your
great big reputation
grow up
into your age
ripen into season
– –
stay young
running uphills
toward views evernew
fold hands
in grateful prayer –
you’ve walked such distances
– –
never
sit there, sated
fat on accomplishments
treasures
rust under sun,
corrode life’s bright mettle
– –
pennies
saved, earned, are drops
of water in life’s well
speak up,
parrhesiac!
the truth is powerful
– –
silence
marks the wise man:
“those who talk do not know”
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