Angry Young Man Rants from Storage Closet

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Let Him Die

July 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment

He’s there on the sidewalk
lathered in his own shock
I’m surprised he can still talk,
pleading, “My love was not a lie!”

Let him die;
let him die.
You may ask me why
I want to let him die.

You see, just years ago
we used to have a show
called “Who Loves Who More
(and Who Won’t Try).”

I was such a newbie;
he knew I’d work for free.
He said, “Say goodnight, Gracie.”
I said goodnight to me.

So let him die.
Let him die.
You say let him try,
but if he doesn’t, let him die.
Yes, when he doesn’t, let him die.

When he’s laid out on the slab,
finally time to call a cab,
I’ll briefly lose my gift of gab—
my love was not a lie.

I’d love to stay, but I can’t;
Use my coat to prop his head, but let him die.
You can do what you want,
but I’m going to let him die.

16 January 1994
Age 23

[Note: This one goes out to the one with high ideals. You, perhaps?]

Categories: closure · hope · scorn

Devotion

June 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Living for you and
through me
is my hobby;
it’s my way.

Heavy book
recounts me and
bears down
another page.

I am so sick of love.

The audience gets restless
waiting for my ring
to turn green on my finger.

This may be too much for me,
too much now.
Love is work,
and then it becomes a job.

Everything—
no less;
everything I haven’t got.

Living for you and
through me
is my hobby;
it’s my way.

Heavy book
recounts me and
bears down
another page.

I am so sick of love.

25 April-17 July 1990
Age 20

chair magnolia

Categories: fatigue · loneliness · scorn