December 2010
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True Dance
At one point we were dancing We were spinning or the world was spinning around you. We danced and drew a crowd. They watched until the curtains caught fire. Our dance was such a wild and quick step Only known by you and me And I didn’t even fully understand it.
So I took the lead, I did good for a twirl. After that, things got Repetitive, Uncreative, Distracting, Religious So the...
WatchMerry Christmas everybody!
Heaven in my Head
I built a heaven in my head Without a thought of you With every angle so ideal From my subjective view
I fought for it and spent some time So it wold satisfy I’d tell you it’s a dream come true But that would be a lie
Since this whole place reflected me, I had to face the fact That every dirty corner was Perfection that I lacked
Debris outweighed the constructs that I’d worked...
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it smells good, ok?
girl from work: mmmm, what kind of cologne is that?
me: lysol.
girl from work: really?
me: yeah.
girl from work: oh.
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“We want the sense of the saturation of Christ’s blood upon the souls of...”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Healing
Its time to wrap the burns, To get up off your knees, And then demand the terms Of freedom, of release.
So start the car and drive And clear the wheezing cough To make it out alive, Break all the mirrors off. Since hurt won’t hold you now I know some hands that will The cost: a sober vow The payment: ceaseless fill.
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Plenty
brand new poem. I just wrote it on my new typewriter. If you’d like a typewritten copy, just text me your address or email it to andyrhea@gmail.com.
You’re the mountain, I’m the man. You’re the fire, I’m the crier. I was born with a hungry wooden bowl And a pauper’s copper cup. …both empty.
I was riding the right track ‘Til my own slack Whipped a...
THE BEST THINGS ABOUT WINTER:
*advent.
*eating snow.
*building the deadliest sled ramps.
*doing donuts in the car on icy parking lots.
*soup slurping.
*when dogs poop, it steams for a couple of seconds.
*old-school stop-motion movies.
*people who put WAY too many lights on their house.
*Santas that smell of beef and cheese.
*warming up clothes in the dryer before work.
DID I MISS ANYTHING???