I never know when to quit
I cross the line every time
but I hate repeating myself
& I hate hearing things twice
I don’t understand why I’m supposed to be
taking these things so seriously
or
maybe, so gravely
I’m explaining myself well enough, aren’t I?
I believe every word that you say
I do my best to keep it cataloged
I may forget some of the details
names, times, phone numbers,
but I keep good records
on the gists of things
I blow up on people too
but its not a temper
I’m just speaking louder
because I want to be heard
I haven’t got a spiteful bone in my body
& that aint to say,
I don’t have any hate in my heart
I hate so many stupid things
but just things
& they don’t really mean anything to me
I barely ever talk about them
& think about them even less
I know how I come across to you
I get insulted some times
because you’d rather I just lie
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good luck with quitting
ReplyDeletelike sitting
on a shit
for less time.
maybe it’s not voices
getting louder
it’s the air getting thinner
in the middle of the room
who cares if there’s
a winner
boo boos don’t
make what you say wrong.
and when it’s winter
and the light’s dimmer
i’m a yarn spinner
reeling out tales
but tall tales
like ships sails
aren’t lies
they just billow
and at night when
i’m snoring
into my pillow
i want you to kick me.
You know
ReplyDeletein little league games
the coach is supposed to tell the players
it's not whether you win or lose
that really matters
but they have to say it
because every kid knows
its not true.
When I say
sometimes that you'd rather I lie
I mean it of most people.
It's so common
that I'm supposed to assume
that it's innate
so I shouldn't be upset
but its not true
it aint everybody.
Fact is
words are only loosely associated with meaning
when in the context of conversation.
The speaker can do nothing
but speak the way they speak.
They may know 500 words
or 5 thousand
they may have vague understandings
of all of them
but it can be assured that each word
exists in a personal frame of reference.
I.E.
The word Dog
to a Vet Tech
&
to a Dog Attack Victim
Now this may seem extreme
but think about it
words as common as light
could have very different conontations
in different timezones.
& the speaker speaks these things
knowing only what they know
to someone else
somewhere else
who doesn't understand
the speaker's point of reference
but they understand
when they say,
"Be careful of that dog"