Very muchly so! Gosh, I could never have thought of such a simple solution. Shows how much I yet have to learn.

That Vulcan thing where you grab someone's pants
- Lon Suder

You're tired of trying
to keep the dead alive

I'm tired of one way conversations
and lonely nights

You have my reasons
I have your lies

One by one I'll stand them up
and one by one you'll watch them fall
Because one by one I'll build them up
and one by one you'll break them all



I'm tired of fighting
to keep your dreams alive

When I'm really only waiting
until right time

You have my reasons
and I have your lies

One by one you stand them up
and everytime I watch them fall
Because one by one you build them up


But they were never there at all

I'm a people person... who drinks

To think
you never saw
while I cherished your looks
as if they were diamonds
and your smile
made me shake

To think
you never told;
wine soaked confidences
wasted
because you couldn't see...
or didn't want to.


To think
you never loved


well, probably for the best

I'm a people person... who drinks

Your prose is brilliant in it's conciseness, and you're clearly a romantic at heart.

I wish it would rain
and turn this dust to mud
and turn the mud to clay
and turn the clay to life
and turn life to something worthwhile

I wish it would rain
and make this pool a lake
and make the lake a sea
and make the sea everything
and make everything worthwhile

I wish it would rain
and change my mind
and change my mind
and change my mind

I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an Everest
Above the Serengeti

Justified in thinking
that this wasn't quite time
Matyred for taking what was known
to be false
Reasonable in judgment
Advantageous in positioning
No one needs to know


fucker



I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an Everest
Above the Serengeti

he's idle, paler
sitting there in the corner

moth lands over his name
i disregard the former

words are always soothing
i can feel it getting warmer

gone for weeks/months on end
he returns

only to find him
idle in the corner

i learned the truth from lenny bruce

and i thought that all i wanted to do was just reach out there and grab it.

well, shit. i came so close and for nothing.

my stomach is twisting into a knot but not for the same reasons. at least i think so. i'm getting anxious, but i'm not sure for which situation. there's a million things up there. no dust, though. i think too much for that.

i'm not sure why i think it'd make me feel better. but it would, i know it would.

because then nothing else would matter.

i'm no drinker, but i could make an exception. or maybe i wouldn't need to. how long does it take anyway? if i had the money i would've. screw the rules, i'd have come.

i wish i could be realistic. maybe things would be easier then. maybe i wouldn't be taken advantage of.

it's bad grammar to end sentences in prepositions. jesus, i am losing it.


...so what did you say is your drink of choice?

i learned the truth from lenny bruce

Small seductive smile flickered as their eyes met
He shut his eyes it's not supposed to happen like this
Open again but she's still there smile remains
eyebrow raised...

Oh god, but she needs somebody to hold onto
and apparently I'll do, so "My drink of choice is absinthe, but I'll drink anything with you".

God, it wasn't supposed to happen like this.

Stutters his way through the small talk (it's not supposed to happen like this) but somehow she's still there...
Make her smile
Make her laugh
If it has to happen like this, make the most
as

She needs somebody to hold onto
and of them all she picked you
so "I'm really fond of absinthe, but anything will do"

And a few more, a few more smiles and at least he's talking freely now
Refrained from shaking and even looks her in the eye
And he knows what's going on
although it wasn't supposed to be this way
so she says "It's up to you,"

"Well, I live only blocks away,
but I'll go anywhere with you."


She needed someone to hold onto
but we all knew she'd end up with you





I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an Everest
Above the Serengeti

Yesterday I saw you by the water's edge,
sitting in the shadows
You cried "It took so long
and now it's done
what more is there to do?"
And you turned away from the waters edge
and said
"Come back tomorrow."

I watched you by the water's edge
and you stepped into the shallows
you moaned "Not long
not long away
but what can I do now?"
Then you turned away from the waters edge
and said
"Maybe tomorrow"

I sat there by the waters edge
as you waded into the mire.
You turned and said
"It's been so long
and he's been so long
and I don't know what to do."
And I turned away from the waters edge
and said
"I'll be back tomorrow."

I returned today to the waters edge
and I spat into the shallows
"You took so long
and now he's gone.
What the fuck can you possibly do now?"
and we turned away from the waters edge
Only to return tomorrow

I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an Everest
Above the Serengeti