i tried sending him a photograph but he mistook me for a shed.
i walk around, feeling human.
maybe more miserable than most--cars are always trying to hit me.
is there a human under that pile? certainly not!
is there a human under that pile? certainly not!
but look, i have arms. i am like a human that has arms.
i am like a human that has arms but with a face torn off by a dog
i am like a human that has arms but with a face torn off by a dog
and buried under a pile of dirty laundry and litter.
but look, my heart beats outside my chest, it beats like a heart.
but look, my heart beats outside my chest, it beats like a heart.
i have tried taking out my eyes to examine them and failed.
i have been a quiet ball of hair and teeth since before birth, i was born.
i have been a quiet ball of hair and teeth since before birth, i was born.
has there been a human born with no bones, or with a shovel for a face?
i am this human.
like a human i have memory and blankness.
when there is enough light in my eye i sleep and in my sleep
i am only slightly human and i give up.
i am only slightly human and i give up.
15 comments:
this is an excellent poem in my opinion
thanks matthew. this is a confessional poem.
that is not a joke either, i didn't mean that as a joke.
kathryn, this poem is important for society.
i am a person in society, and i am saying that this poem is important for me and for other people in society too even if no one had ever read it, it would still be important
if you had submitted this poem to absent I would have said, "yes!" I really like this poem. you should submit to absent.
i do not know you, so i cannot know if you are lying. or if your secrets are actually secrets.
but i'd like to say that i like this poem, so
i like this poem.
matthew--it is not time to be serious.
elisa--thank you. i sent it to fence this morning though. isn't that cute? when they reject i'll send it to absent. thank you!
kat--thank you, you get me.
wait, i didn't send it to fence. i only started sending it to fence and then got distracted. just now i noticed that the window was still open, and that fence is not accepting submissions. i've also been dating things "9.18.09" all day.
Well it's November lady! And Fence gave you the brush off. So you should send it, and some other stuff, to Absent.
kathy
i am like a human that has arms but with a face torn off by a chimp
this is a really good line.
kathy, you are the best.
you are!
beautiful poem and one that touches deeply:)
thanks shalini. i like your blog.
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