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talking out of school

I was in a sports
bar with an
old friend,
telling him
what a flaming
asshole my
high school P.E.
teacher was.
after 20 minutes
of this, I
turn around and
see coach,
taking in
every word.

true story

I like rummy
old guys who
always say
"true story"
before they
tell you
something
that's
pure bullshit.

trade off

sometimes you
have to
tell a whole
bunch of lies
just to hang
onto a
little scrap
of truth.

you, me, all of us

I think of people
as force fields,
buzzing away in
the black void
of space --
we are all
so goddamned
lonely.

colored pebbles

there's a
warm patch
of sunlight
on the
colored pebbles
in the bottom of
the aquarium at
the doctor's
office. if
I were
a tropical
fish, that's
where I'd
hang out.

too late

a shiv
in every
hand, you
just don't
always
see it.