Dear Inner Critic,
I know you came into my life with the best intentions: Try to keep Amy from looking like an ass. You're the reason I never got a perm or enjoyed bowling-- And I thank you for that.
But I think we need to break up. I've compiled a short list of reasons. I hope you understand, though I am not seeking your understanding or approval.
1. You're making it hard for me to write and I'm tired of it.
2. I'm spending more time considering decisions than actually living my decisions.
3. You're a really bad lover.
Sincerely,
Amy K.
P.S. Suck it
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The "3 - You're a bad lover" bit killed me.
ReplyDeleteDear Inner Critic,
ReplyDeleteStop encouraging me to doubt my strengths. Who are you to say I can't get the man of my dreams or the paycheck I deserve?
There are things I enjoy that you may disapprove...if this is an issue, speak to my lawyer.
I want to fly with the wind and trust that it will take me someplace beyond both of our feeble imaginations.
You're welcome to join, that is if you can handle it.
If not, do as Amy says, and SUCK IT.
I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but here you go:
ReplyDeleteDissolution #3
If it had all burnt down
I suppose we’d still be laughing about the ash in your cigarette tray
And collapsing time into sophisticated capsules for our grandchildren to fondle
Instead it just, sort of, crumbled
With the best intentions, the store clerk said, “Hold onto this one.”
Now you’re winking out like the credits of the Late Show
Totally gone and a goner from the get go
When memory serves, I recall your frown radiating like a smile
Love is a kind of ownership
Impossible to pay off and collecting interest from day one
Until it’s in disrepair
And all you’re left with is the debt
And your doubts
I'm so lucky to have such inspiring people in my life.
ReplyDeletei don't know about
ReplyDeletelove and ownership.
the law is ownership,
or ninety percent,
but i have to believe
love has less than ten
to do with property.
love certainly guides with
a whip and sweet perfume
and it hurts as much
to live in it as it does
without. the only debt
i can think of is
to my parents for setting
the potential to infinity.
the only doubt i have
has to do with the issue
of time, as in, "will i
have enough in this body
to build it into something
i will remember
in my next one?"
you're love makes me sad, 10cities. maybe some love is sad. i have no aversion to sadness, but i advise the disassociation of love with the logic of bankers.
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i need more writin' friends. way to stand up, yupcake. <3
I've quoted it before, and I'll quote it again:
ReplyDelete"Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'you owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky."
Joseph (10cities) makes me nostalgic in some way. I remember living it.