To Try

there are things you can be good at
that aren't worth being good at

like having good vision
with nothing to see

in an empty place
with no way to fill it'

I say
breathing can be masturbation

if you're not, very, very careful

Author's Note

Reviews

[h d e rushin]

I heard that word again today. Tyranny! It's an old world, garden heliotrope of a word that fills up the room like a giant tongue. Fact is, like low hugging jeans, everyone cant wear the word...try as they might. But the people who use it sound so very good at it..I thought about this poem as I watched Al Jazeera, how specialized we have become at not being careful with out intentions or the recreation of our intentions....Nice thoughts here and thanks for sharing it with us...dana

[Davidgeo]

Don't take this the wrong way but, you are one of the funniest people of all time. "like low hugging jeans"... hahahha… ah... you're hilarious. And quite the insightful review.

[Pennywriter]

Being productive and being productive with a clear long-term purpose are two different things. Meaningful words. (Whether you use your body to say them or not...)

[Davidgeo]

Humans are not really good at long term planning. It's one of our short term plans is to confuse ourselves into thinking we are. It always ends poorly.