selling tears, di Herman Shorts

selling tears

if you enjoy this

pain, all expressions

of it, being here

compiled, then, yes

enjoy them, but

i cannot care, this

would be, for me

akin to selling tears.

(2013)

yes, i’m saying sunshine & rainbows will flow from your heart & other lovely places like living liquid

I will meet you in the open air, & pet your pony’s nose. You will be

you are guilty of failing to love and understand me, like a dog is guilty of failing to speak or use

this being we are, delights in all things, yes but is held breathless

we go walking around walking all over this town nothing ever getting us down cause we’re just a couple of clown…

we were all talking, things taking shape as they do, when someone said, be desireless, like that is at all a thing people

does a king come ready– made, or doesn’t he emerge from a prince once a frog, and aren’t you

man, it’s hard to come down from impossible hopes seemingly

the conquering child turns 50, gets the gag out its mouth, says here i am. let’s play now

just remember we are so much more than words. shadows are beautiful too but let’s not

excuse me, i thought you were also the center of a fractal

STEP BACK! There’s an infection you’ll get if you come any closer. It will open your eyes through the crust

yeah, the contract the social one, so long ago supposedly agreed to, we were born instead into. what

a breeze. already know what’s what. shut up. kiss her. shut up...

yes, darling you should come & take care of me, someone has to, & you