Tag: friends

  • Sleeping Beauty

    I’d forgotten how hard blogs are. There’s a story to tell and I keep thinking it’s about Nepal. I should be writing about Nepal. I am supposed to be writing The Nepal Story, after all. So, why can I not write about Nepal? Dramatic sigh. I was once told by my mentor to trust my…

  • Fatally Optimistic

    I went out with this guy once who ended up blocking me from his phone. He was very tall and good looking and ended up saying he didn’t know how to block people from his phone so it was weird that I was blocked. I just said whatev and let it go because the distance…

  • AT LONG LAST – DISAPPOINTMENT

    The long-awaited video debut of MedicatedLady and Bryan Borland – together: *The poem read by MedicatedLady in the video is “Disappointment” by Mike Topp.

  • Domination

    the days of his domination are over the days of him going too far the days of me pretending to be appalled now he’s genuinely startled when I take him too far he crumples as a child dropkicked on green grass in the early spring he fetus-hugs himself licking his wounds the ones I’ve created…

  • Chickenshit

    he can’t let go either because he needs it as much as you do he’s just a bigger chickenshit than you I mean that as a compliment we’re all chickenshits at least you have the decency to admit it at least you can admit it he can’t let go because he knows he needs you…

  • He Thinks, She Thinks: More on Bitterness

    If I weren’t so self-involved, I’d ask you how you were. I’d ask you how you feel about the stimulus package and Oprah and landscaping and your family. I’d remember your birthday, and I’d say, Happy Birthday. I’d recognize you as someone not to be stepped on, someone worthy of common decency.   As it…

  • Doors: Not a Poetic Post

    This is not an ending. It’s both a door to friendship and a promise that some other door will open with someone else. My latest boyfriend wants to be friends. Well. Okay, he’s not my boyfriend. I’d like a boyfriend. I’d like one too much. But I suppose the best reframe is that the pressure…