William Gillespie image by Miriam Martincic.

Friday Poem


 


Last night in a dream I asked someone "am I being detained or am I free to go?"

Just because your worst fears weren't realized doesn't mean things are all that great
It will take them an excruciatingly long time to retract their kind offer unexpectedly
Who said you have to finish every single notebook? tear out the pages
Sometimes when you ask people to give you things for free they don't respond
When they told you how much it would cost to fix the problem went away
In most cases it wouldn't kill people to be more considerate of one another
Only a coward would hide from a birthday party

How do you feel when a bad thing and a good thing happen at the same time?
Is it better if the good thing happens more quickly than the bad thing? or worse
Busy getting ready to do nothing all weekend
How does one sense when one is not sensitive enough?
Confusion is natural, apathy is social
You can learn about yourself from what you are afraid will happen, if it doesn't
I don't read much theory lately, I've been reading nonfiction
Sometimes everything goes wrong. This is to be expected and welcomed