Darin
I burned my thumb lighting the pipe.
Darin
I bit the inside of my cheek while watching the third Republican debate.
Darin
I thought of you while eating a piece of Marie Callender's Razzleberry Pie with
a couple of scoops of Breyers®
Coffee Ice Cream. “Now even bolder with 100% Dark Colombian Coffee.”
Poetry is my gateway drug.
Not heroin, Christina Ricci or
bath salts.
I like to snort a couple lines of
blank verse and then get all cozy in front of the old white 32 inch Panasonic
television watching TCM. I’ve discovered the commercials only put off the
inevitable and I need all the crushing finality one lonely, overtly sensitive
Jewish poet can handle. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t mind Christina Ricci on
all fours looking back at me mouthing the words “ride me like your little
pony”, but at this point I’d settle for a couple primo Quincy
episodes and maybe a Cagney and Lacey to cut the testosterone
levels.
I remember the time I heard my
half Japanese girlfriend break wind. She was in the bathroom and even with the
door closed I heard a little trumpet sound and knew somewhere an angel had just
gotten their wings.
Darin I just took a swig of Coca-Cola
and I would apologize for all this shameless product placement, but I’m
thinking making I can get an endorsement deal and not have to wake up and make
the doughnuts or bagels ever again.
I’m sure it takes all kinds of
athleticism to hit a little white ball into a hole or shoot a B-ball into a
hoop or take a pigskin and throw it down the field while a defensive line attempts
to blitz you out of existence, but please try and understand it’s no walk in
the park sitting in front of a blank screen, waiting for what seems like a
miracle to come. I’ve never thought much of athletes and I believe that’s
because they receive so much attention while writers and really all artists are
treated if they’re lucky like second class citizens and if they’re not so lucky
simply ignored because who has the time, patience or attention span to stop and
read your poem or listen to your latest song or come by the gallery after work
to check out your latest art installation.
Thanks for listening and for
giving a shit even if you’re only pretending.
I’m going to take another hit and
this time I’ll try and do a better job when it comes to crashing and burning.
Darin I know neither one of us is
helpless and yet still sometimes this feeling of paralysis is too much to cope
with and I find myself holding my breath a little longer than I should.
Charles
Cicirella
10/30/15
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