Maryann I: Favorites

May 2 Maryann I

Brandon

**** the Religious Right
        **** Those That Condemn Others
                **** The Republicans
                        **** The Democrats
                                **** The Government Having Too Much Say In Our Lives
                                  **** Paying Taxes
                                    **** The Gas Company
                                             **** The Water Company
                                                     **** The Electric Company
                                                              **** Cars
                                                                      **** Car Payments
                                                                              **** Being Late On Payments
                                                                                      **** Bills All Together
                                                                                              **** Not Getting Benefits For Being Early On Payments
                                                                                                      **** My Need To Capitalize Every Word
                                                                                                              **** PETA
                                                                                                                      **** People That Mistreat Animals
                                                                                                                              **** Vegetarians
                                                                                                                     **** Carnivores
                                                                                                              **** Omnivores, What You Can't Choose A Side?!?!?
                                                                                                    **** Going To College Just To Work At McDonalds
                                                                                            **** White Collar Getting Paid More Than Blue Collar
                                                                                    **** Having A Collar
                                                                            **** The People That Reproduce Too **** Much
                                                                     **** Those That Think There's No Future In Children
                                                              **** Commercialism
                                                       **** Never Running Out Of Things To ****
                                               **** People That Say They Have No Friends But They're Always Too Busy To Do Anything Cuz They're Already Hanging Out With Someone Else
                                       **** Anyone Who Likes This Poem
                               **** Anyone Who Doesn’t Like This Poem
                      **** 6,000 Channels On TV And Nothing Is Ever On
              **** The Summer Sun
      **** Global Warming
**** Flat Pop
        **** Hot Coffee That Gets Cold
                **** Pets Dying
                         **** Death
                                 **** Wasting Life
                                         **** People That Talk To Much
                                                 **** People That Cuss
                                                          Fuck People That Have A Problem With Cussing
                                                                   **** Fox News
                                                                           **** Anyone That Lives Their Life Strictly By A Book (especially you Harold And The Purple Crayon people out there)
                                                                                    **** Laugh Tracks Telling Me When To Laugh
                                                                                            **** Everything That You Stand For
                                                                                                    **** Everything That You Are
                                                                                                             **** Everything That You're Not
                                                                                                                      **** Finishing This Poem, I'm Gonna Go Eat
                               **** Anything That I Forgot To **** In This POEM

i really have no idea why this appears to be my most popular poem.`

Apr 28 Maryann I

not a poet

Apr 28 Maryann I

Isla

not a poet

i am not a poet,

nor am i a poem.

i am not a writer,

nor a book.

i am not a painter,

nor a painting.

i am not a sculptor,

nor a sculpture,

i am not the artist,

nor the muse.

i am an idea,

that exists

only

in your imagination

I wrote this on a total whim, I quite like it.

#melancholy #freeverse

Apr 26 Maryann I

to be lonely

Apr 26 Maryann I

Tokitou

to be lonely

to be lonely
for you only
dying for you slowly
crying alone

lonely

Apr 19 Maryann I

confessions

Apr 19 Maryann I

ghost girl

confessions

i think the
irony

befits such an
ending -

you,
settled

me,
altered

permanently
unsettled

a trace of
you forever

running through
my veins

Apr 18 Maryann I

oranges

Apr 18 Maryann I

janie lay

oranges

i want to peel your skin back
and reveal your deepest sweetness.
to look at your veins
and memorize their paths.
maybe then i’d understand
why you are so rough on the outside.
it takes a lot of work,
digging your fingernails into the flesh,
pulling and pulling until you are bare.
but it is all worth it;
to visit your center,
to break past what conceals you,
and take you apart
slice by slice.