A man came up to me the other day

A man came up to me the other day and

asked me what I do.

I smiled and peaked over

the rims of his glasses and

confidently sighed an answer--

like with the release of a deep inhale--

I say:

I wait.

I wait for buses to halt and pick me up,

for drivers to yell the next stop and

for destinations to come closer to me.

I wait for the moment when the car has

travelled double of itself.

Say, a car is 6 meters in length, I wait

for when it moves from 6 to 12 then 18

and so on.

I wait for the numbers to buzz by and I

miss them.

I wait for long-lines to shorten and

learned to tap my feet to tunes.

-Probably done 2 months ago.

There's another version of

this on my ipod

which I think I'll save for

a later post

Lunchtime & mussels

Lunchtime & mussels at an

all-you-can-eat diner.

The children all run to the dessert table to

get their fill of

iced cream and nuts while,

somewhere near the fried

mozerella (sic) and

tapas sits

the mussels.

Breathing with a huge muscle

tongue

sifting through dirty air with

fine untouchable

pubic hairs.

The mussels wait for someone to

pick-up a tong and take her.

- Earlier last year, I believe

I promised myself a calmer love

I promised myself i'd be more

composed

in my next love

w/o pronouncements and proclamations

to people who do not blatantly give their

damns

I promised myself a calmer love

without pronouncements and proclamations

over PA systems

in school halls, office spaces, kitchenettes,

and dining alcoves.

-About a month or two ago