nice experiences

Nice experiences

High on music
Sitting on old furniture, where bums have squashed meaning into the seats
Pretending to care about the life of my hairdresser

Mouthing the lyrics to songs I don?t understand
Shaking my fist at the air, in defiance of global oppression

Feeling the strength of music pulsate through my fingers
Tiny things, little frogs, stones with names, and chocolate covered almonds
Treasure boxes
Tickle trunks

That taste in your mouth after a nap
Exhaling a cold, frosty winter breath
Knowing friends are expecting my arrival

Hearing pipes, and then ignoring the pipes because their background music is so subtle
Whispering to the moon and thanking it for its brilliance
Leaves which sing and swish and dance

Tofu that disguises itself so that I can be healthy
Dirty dishes that like to be cleaned. They chant, ?bathe me! Bathe me!?
Miniature books that explain the process of growing into one?s revolution

Touch typing records plastered on my own fridge, as if I was a proud parent and my skills were works of ridiculously simple art

Nausea, and the strength and resolve that it generates to overcome it
Conflict between using senses to taste caramel or listen to notes

The flow of a virtual pen on the screen
The shape of each letter of my cursive

Poetry that does not ask to be read, written or explained
Poetry that does not wish to be published, thought of or recited
The lull between thoughts

Friendships that renew themselves over steaming hot plates of vegetables
Friendships that excite over ten-cents-a-minute phone calls
Resolutions and the people who passionately write them

The drive to succeed at one?s little empires
The recognition of the empires one has already built and conquered

Golden earnings that go unnoticed until a friend explains their significance
Women who should be at home with their children who instead drink beer out of goblets
Men who need better friends but find them eventually after beer

People who are wise and don?t reply to emails because they have finally grown
The satisfaction that replaces the contempt at such individuals

Remembering good times when flamboyance wasn?t a negative