Strict Preferences

if we’re talking strictly preferences

at the moment

I think I’d like someone who I was only marginally into to someone who I was all-consumingly into

oranges to apples

discontent to happiness

nothing to something as something is exhausting

odds to evens

right to wrong

left to right

sleep to consciousness

flip-flops to school marm shoes

laundry to dusting

dusting to washing dishes

facebook to myspace

status updates to formulated pleasantries

pizza to sweets

everyone else to me


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3 responses to “Strict Preferences”

  1. That is a very cool poem. I like your poetry, it appears simple but actually has complex rhythms and very clever thought.

  2. Tough day?

    Jesus… (this should be in italics)

    All I did was tell off my bullying neighbor. (this, too)

    By the way, does it make you laugh? (the gas, the gas…)

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    poeticgrin

    I’m reading a lot of Sylvia Plath and I see parallels. Maybe it’s in the pain that was leaking off the page in nearly every poem she wrote. Maybe it’s that you are her age, the age she will forever be. Even the lighthearted simple poems have a sad complexity to them. You need to finish the story Sylvia Plath never wrote…

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