cutting corners

shortcut seeker, I'm still lucky gold -





lets watch butterflys on sunday
i'll be your peach-shirt girl
with
nice (burberry) gloves
buttons and
banjos
pho with friends
WHY can't you give an inch
say goodbye to yesterday


my dogs are tired
your tongue is
yellow sweater in convenience
all I want is to take you to
church
palm sunday or
midnight mass



theres nothing like
riding across the GG Bridge with you
at 5pm
when weve been sweating for days
and finally the city air hits us and were
cool again, calm again, home
again
like black horses in buena vista park
you are unexpected and magical
a secret, lets whisper it, a
secret

beauty bar-f

one more day passes
and

you are beautiful
too pretty for me
a

van gogh starry night tattoo
half red sea, half jewels
i know i said i'm through

you give me
bragging rights
under water, underworld
somewhere in the mission, its
witten on a stone
girls in this town effing blow

but
lab girl, blonde girl,
im your girl
and

we're beautiful, remember that

tonight

You could be my silver springs
Blue green colors flashin
I would be your only dream
Your shining autumn, ocean crashing
And did you say she was pretty
And did you say that she loves you
Baby, I dont wanna know

Ill begin not to love you
Turn around, see me runnin
Ill say I loved you years ago
Tell myself you never loved me, no
And did you say she was pretty
And did you say that she loves you
Baby, I dont wanna know
Oh, no
And can you tell me was it worth it
Really, I dont wanna know

Time casts a spell on you, but you wont forget me
I know I could have loved you, but you would not let me

Instrument solo

Time casts a spell on you, but you wont forget me
I know I could have loved you, but you would not let me
Ill follow you down til the sound of my voice will haunt you (on 3rd time
Stevie oversings, was I such a fool?
Youll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you
(3x)

You could be my silver springs
My blue green colors flashin

did you say it?

it'll always be the same
little star

waving goodbye in the morning
riding off on
illicit bikes
sea green beds
and flowering fruit

those Eyes -
cant SLEEP either
this house of cards
is dog
whisperer
silent

from this distance
i just don't get the east coast
but i know about you, california
lets watch home videos
random ,awkward
know each other before we knew each other

youre the review before the test
the only class anyone goes to
the best part of the
chapter
an outline, really
of everything i need

lets fill in the bullets
and details
with sharpened lead

an error doesn't become a mistake
until you refuse to correct it
so i suppose losing you
was all right
because i red pen starred
you back into my life

tell me
you smug slug
you talk a little too loudly and distinctly
and
never take your
"sorries" with "thank yous"

tell me, did you say it?

fuck sade, she ruined everything

mutual contrition
red wine, pinky swears,
sins of omission

breaking and entering

youre leaving
oval around
and sideways smiles

first day at work
you arent scared of birds

but
BROWN LEATHER
like sands through the hourglass


locked eyes on the 2/3 to brooklyn
and were finally, (under the east river)

simple

gold spaghetti

I give
the vines
time to breathe, at last


like a middle aged woman walking


diaphanous

my father promises
nighttime lullabies for those who fight for better


saw you
looking
quarters in front of safeway

drunk singers
tall dreams and voices
big lantern tonight
kissing practice
horoscope test

evening
merry go round


buy yourself flowers at whole foods
smartass amateur


walk yourself to
rinconada park
light your own night light
and
keep in touch

you can turn on the sink in the bathtub

i was on a rampage today but im on one even more as i get ready to wash my hair for the second time today.

if you know me, you know that washing my hair once or twice a week is like, really good. to pull out the baby snarls like big kid tangles all cotton candy ouch factor give me a painkiller and a pair of scissors.

i hate hate hate having to wash my hair.
its flat.
i dont look like myself in the mirror.

i have a weird shaped face with flat hair. im holding this baby for ransom until this is over.

and every single one of you give me 20 bucks.

flashes and lies

clearly I hurt but that doesn't (change)
mean we cant lie
between crimson and clover


why can't everyone be
long haired lions
lurking in darkness



Just so you're crystal clear
you were the
working genius


disappear here, bernal heights
hello will do, make
lonely acoustics

kiss me above the world,
make it all move
thinkers think and your
hands link leash and mine in one swoop

happy hour is
pink wolf boy
It's nice to hear you say hello..
youre the best place to be single

forever stamps at the post office
are laughable
what is forever?

all the sudden you frequent my spots
riding your bike, crossing
fingers, pretzel bangs,
knockouts and cute smiles

rants and raves

i forgot how much i like cereal, like, just cheerios. im going to buy a huge box from trader joes and just eat cereal all weekend long from those white bowls you have in the cabinet. they are perfect cereal bowls and it will taste just right.
if i see another apartment with carpet im going to freak out. who puts carpet in apartments anymore. you are ruining the integrity of the wood and my feet and the lives of people who dont want to buy vacuums. we just want to buy mops.
i also hate politics, like office politics, and obsessing about them and gossip. i hate gossip. i love gg but not kitchen old lady gossip. chismosa. its annoying. shut up.
i love home made cards and all the kids make their own envelopes out of construction paper and staples, plus long strands of tape and i wonder if tape is a renewable resource. because we use a lot of it. postage, however, is going up 2 cents. thats annoying. i hate the post office (dawson) but ima go buy like four hundred of those forever stamps and use that shit, for like, ever. cause somethings are timeless like that.
like cheerios.