Today I brought a big bouquet of Reject-Me-Nots to my audition.

(I'll let you know how it goes.)

Detroit Wants Me

The Detroit Institute of Arts selected my voice for the audio tour of their permanent youth collection! The shame: I've never even graced their doorway. Not once. This is going to change. Um, as soon as their renovations are complete!

Honey, you didn't just wake up on the wrong side of the bed.
You woke up on the wrong side of the tracks.

So who is this girl?
And why do you like her?

She says silly things.

If she says silly things,
then she is just a silly girl.

Oh.

I don't need another injection
You see I have the Lord's protection
What would happen if love could
rule the world?

There are roaches in my sink
No wonder I need another drink
I see mice and rats running everywhere
I need space

I need mornings
I need life to be cleaner
I want romance
And I want those starry nights

I think the skyscrapers are in my way
You think they are beautiful
That's what you say
Meanwhile I myself can barely breathe

Maybe fall
After all
Will bring about a new sensation
You see, I want to feel elation

I want there to be light
And I don't think it's right
to hear other people's arguments
Outside my door

It might make you feel less lonely
And there I do agree
But I'm afraid that I don't
Speak their language

Let's just go away
Oh, what do you say?
To another place in time
I cannot bear the disappointment

Of this city.

Sometimes Suzy and Tommy walk home together after school
One day Suzy stops halfway home, drops her books
and does a karate kick into the air
Ya wanna go make out, Tommy?
Huh? Errr... (Tommy blushes)
Chicken shit!

I had this dream last night

and you were in it.



Sixteen Candles

Sometimes the question is why not?
When really the question should be why?
Me, I prefer statements.
SO WHAT.

The Modern Day Hero

He wakes up early to get rid of the monster cockroach in your shower
And tells you it's a water bug, who just wants to be your friend

He waits in line for the pool amongst a million screaming kids
Then smiles as he swims in the cold water, and says he's having fun

He sautes the vegetables for dinner
Because you can't do it without scalding yourself

He walks in the park in the winter with you
And writes romantic ditties in the snow

He sits on the other end of the couch and reads with you
Instead of watching the television

You ask me how one knows
But it really isn't brain surgery

Romancing the Day

It started with the tv off
It started with a poem
I lit a candle, said a prayer,
Stretched and yawned an om

I did a bit of writing
Just to have a check-in
I played a little music
And then I got to gettin'

I took a walk around the block
I downed a cup of tea
I had a cookie, and then it was
Just the day and me

We did some window shopping
We hummed a little song
We swung our arms and skipped about
Nothing could go wrong

It didn't take much convincing
We got along just fine
The day it was a blessing
The time it was divine

Thoughts by a Pool

I wonder as I shiver at the poolside late afternoon...

Should I get a personal trainer?

And...I would like a swimsuit with polka dots also

And...why do children have to constantly cry?

Also, why did I leave my things in an unlocked locker?

Am I testing fate after being robbed twice in the past year?

Or do I just really want a new driver's license photo?

I can't believe there are no clouds in the sky...

Shouldn't that be affecting my mood?

No one belongs here more than you.

(by Miranda July):

You seem incredibly far away to me,
Like someone on the other side of a lake.
A dot so small that it isn't male or female
or young or old; it is just smiling.