Tuesday, October 27, 2009

praise for apollo, god of desk lamps

you make it hard
to see outside
vertical lines, horizontal
lines. the pale shadow of five
four, three, two
zero for effort and ten for hope
i do a lot of hoping.
so when i look at you, finally
really look, i mean
i hope you don't take offense
if i study your eyes
first, and your smile last
it's just habit, and
i guarantee you
i'll be smiling, too.

3 comments:

the unholy atlantic said...

a) the title of this mystifies me
b) i like the counting thing
c) sry about the ew ew
d) thats ok, its just like the good old days

the unholy atlantic said...

well the first stanza was just me being a creeper, but the 2nd stanzas were this fucking horrible vivid dream i had. it was bad news.

The Clock House said...

I really like this, reading it made me happy and made my day