Almost

Today, I almost slipped again.

I almost screwed everything up.

I almost said something I almost mean.

I almost made the biggest mistake of life.

Today was almost utterly horrific.

Sometimes the most comforting thing in the world

Is the fact that “almost” doesn't count.

What Have We Done?

We did what we do best.

We did what came to mind.

We did what came naturally.

We did what we thought was best.

We did what we had to do.

We did it the easy way.

What have we done?

What Have We Here?

I have my orders;

I have my reasons,

and I have my ways.

But I have ideas of my own.

I have a mind of my own;

I have my work cut out for me.

Life Advice That Also Applies to Card Games Three Quarters of the Time

To cure a life that's less than art,

Romantics say, lead with the heart.

That's no good way to be a man.

It's too squishy for a batt'ring ram.

It isn't to be done for show.

The heart's all blood and veins, you know,

and not a thing folks want to see–

A mess, best left for poetry.

Cadillacs and Funny Hats

Poetry is the thing that marks me out.

It is my Cadillac and other peoples' discomfort,

My pride and other peoples' shame.

I can throw it around, and play silly games.

I can throw it right into someone's face.

Poetry is a lot of things to a lot of people,

But to me, it's mainly my funny hat.

On Attraction

She has eyes of a color

So rarely seen in nature.

She has a smile.

Oh, she does smile

When she's not so conversational–

Her vocabulary is sensational,

Because she reads all the right books,

and I swear it's not all about the looks,

But whatever lizard lives inside me

Reaches up from below

and wags a finger back and forth.

He says no.

I want to like you, but I don't.

Keep Me Waiting

I never said there's anything wrong

With keeping me waiting.

Modern life is close to becoming

Just a series of lines we acquiesce to standing it,

But now that I'm openly wondering

How long I will continue acquiescing,

You tell me.

How patient can you afford to be?