Category: the Delightful Delusions of Epic Mush

I always writeThe prettiest love poems CaringInsightfulIntelligentLoyal andSincere I always writeThe most moving love poemsDynamic yet affirmingSimple yet spectacularHeart felt and honest,insightful and true Brave and BeautifulGorgeous and worshipfulDedicating and adoring I always writeSuch a perfect love poem Right beforeI just give up

You ever dismantle a delusion easily?Break a love down into tiny bits of questions? Chop it up into little metaphors? Then decipher clues to it’s non existence? You ever take a rainbow that arcs across the sky of your mind, back and forth from your balls and heart, and study fact that’s it’s only broken…

I need you so muchthat I’m really fuckedI’m in loveIt sucks I keep writing poemsYou think Im trying to boneSo I want to knowHow can it be both ManipulativeAnd compulsive It’s just RidiculousAnd destructive You’ve had enough of itSaid fuck it It’s stupid shitBut I love it You’re so tired of inspiringand being admiredcuz you…

I told her I wrote her a poemAnd I asked permissionRespectfullyIf I could share with herAnd recite my artLike the great romantics of oldLike the true lovers of days gone by And she gave me a glanceA knowing lookA short stare of unfettered understanding She is familiar with the craftShe was aware fullyof the unfettered…

Please sleep well darlingAnd dream deepAnd as you doFeel my love’s truthsee yourself from behind my eyesLook at you from my point of view Feel what I feelSee what I see Couple respectwith the wild imagination of a dream,paint your visionthe color of my perceptionand I promiseyou will fall so in lovewith yourselfyou will be…

i would say, you’ve brought my attention to two very important things,two facts, two details concerning my current state of being those two things are as follows first you have made me aware that i have not been myselfi have nOt had that weilded that edge, that enthusiasm, that gusto, that makes me do the…

Your poetryShe told me Is just passive aggressiveSo you can write itOr not write it I don’t care

“You re that guy who writes those poemsThe crazy ones The good onesThe ones everyone lovesYou’re the one who writes the funny shitThe heartbreaking shitThat redemption shitThat cold reality shitThat hot sex shitThat rock n roll hip hop punk soul shit What do I do?What does it take?How do I learn?Can it be taught?Who do…

Let me tell you I was one of the pushy machoAssholes that would not take no for an answer I would buy her giftsI would tell her she was beautifulI would offer everythingPlan futuresHomesLivesChildren I would tell her i loved herThat I wanted no one elseThat shes the only one for meThat i lived for…

For years now people have referred to the act of reciting poetry as “spoken word” and I’ve never liked that so from now on I’m going to refer to my own performances as “stand up catastrophe.”