Love and Life tell you not to
But pain and lust make it so
Your ill-chosen words make me feel worse
Your small mind makes my hatred grow

You don't know where I'm coming from
And never will unless you go there
So sit in your box filled with boredom,
Stupidity, and talentless fare

Hey, I'm no goddamned agnostic
And I clutch my chains to here
This rubbing, burning rope sensation
Taste my acid little fear

Give me your thesis, he states
We'll drink a little wine
And after all the puking's done
we'll label it a good time

From geek to chic
So bleet the sheep
So sweet is the cretin, how loud his name
Crusted with dust and wickedly lame
Love and oppression are one and the same

Happiness can be so fickle
The purveyor of mine is staid and true
It can be a raving river or just a trickle
We can share it, me and you

Can you grow into love?
Whether for a partner or the man above?
Feel indifferent one day and bursting with joy the next?
Have a stiff upper lip and be as sappy as the rest?
Simultaneously want to remain solitary and plan a romantic evening?
Growl on the phone and the next moment you're beaming?

Barack or Hilary
Does it really matter?
We need rid of that Texan
In the shadow of his father

Mission Accomplished
Just the tip of the lies
That fueled this madness
These never-ending cries

When will they stand up?
When will America wake?
This complacency is alarming
Protest for democracy's sake

A roundhouse to heartache and an open-handed slap to pain
The end of hurt feelings and the pity refrain
I choose my reactions and hand pick my smiles
Though the lure of staying angry always beguiles
I will mask my disgust and continue on
And keep myself distant rather than fawn
I know better by now than to rely on a man
When I need to be made whole, I know that I can

All of the lies and pain
Too many and too much to measure
And for what?
What did you gain?

Worse off than you were
You had two birds in the bush
And they both flew away
To leave you alone with your anger

Now you have none in your hand
Except yourself
Unfulfilling, no?
Next time, think first if you can

Pause
Meditate on what you will be doing to her

A new year resolves to be better than the last

The promise of change to nulify the past

Will I reach my goal? The die is cast

As my waist expands, I am struck aghast



Superficial list of things to accomplish

To travel more, to eat more fish

To pass a test, or be less prudish

When I should aspire to grant someone else's wish



I am overconcerned with improving me

As if who I am now isn't worthy to be

Why not focus on those who have less than me?

If I am unsatisfied, how must they be?



Why not get out and do the world some good?

I can volunteer, clean up my neighbourhood

Do all the things that I really should

I resolve to begin as I said I would.



And I just did.