Monday, March 7, 2011

accidental activist.

today, in english class, i became a poet. 


bam. 


In the dog days of summer behind his parent's house
we lifted our faces to the sun and spoke of Aldous Huxley. 
I mistook the beer for wisdom and looked on in wonder
as he chain smoked and quoted Jack Kerouac. 
"I think Bob Dylan and David Bowie had a thing."


The water ran cold, and as we sat in silence in the bath-
a deranged novelty of sepia rust stains and a tired faucet-
I peeled off what was left of my summer skin. 


He snored behind me as I watched the street lamps flicker down below. 
I prepared for what was to be a cold December. 
Sometimes we're not as beautiful as we think. 



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