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BEDROOM ELEPHANTS

Bedroom elephants

play hide-and-seek,
   but never
    win.

(it's hard for them
        to fit
    underneath   
my furniture.)

I AM NOT AFRAID

i am not afraid
     of losing you.
it's happened before
and you came back.

but now, i am thinking
that if i lose you forever
you will be nowhere
and i will still be somewhere.

and that would still be ok.

.

TO HEAVEN AND BACK AGAIN

(or, WHY METAPHORS ABOUT HEAVEN ARE WORTHLESS)

it's like when you fall
            in love,
and think,
    "oh my god,
i could make this person

                breakfast,

`        every morning,
    until forever."

So you start buying eggs,
        and thinking about strawberries,
    and orange juice,

and only then realize --
        she hates breakfast.

    she wouldn't even have breakfast
                for dinner.

so you try to imagine
    the seduction of her black bean burritos,

but just cant.

    and you're back already.

PUNGENT THUMBTACKS

pungent thumbtacks
        hold onto
     the pictures of you
    i want to forget.

you stink.

and so do my thumbtacks.

PT V1.2

remember that Roy Orbison
            pin-up
        you made for me?

    "I LOVE ROY ORBISON"

     it's still on my wall.

the alacrity of tacks.

I LIKE BEING HERE

I like being here
with you.
it's fun holding your hand
and playing games with little
                toy tigers.

    let's please not stop.

ZUCCHINI

All the food
I will ever
Grow

12,562

(for ian)

do you know
                how many
                    million

watts of electricity
                            go into
    on that place?

i do.

THE POSTMAN

The postman reads my mail.

he has this fantasy
because he

    knows
everything there is

        to know
    about me.

he reads my postcards.

so i mailed myself a postcard:

    "i love the postman."

and guess what happened.

SOMETIMES I STAY UP REALLY LATE

Sometimes i stay up really late
and pretend that i am doing important things.
i lower the lights,
make my house look kind of
     dark
and important
like i am doing secret things in here.

and then i just turn on my music
     and dance
    and sing!

and nobody knows.

and that is the best part.