18.5.12

The Oldest Profession




18


The oldest profession

is open to me

whose long, straight legs

sparkle like downtown towers!

My lips are glossy

like a polished apple!

My shoes were built

by Frank Lloyd Wright!

In the pool of my ornate, gold, oval mirror

I tease my blonde hair

and practice my languorous pout 

before I smooch myself goodbye

and stride out into the blinking, colorful night!

I am my own dress up doll!

I am coated in a sticky film

that I cannot wash off

it makes me twitchy

as I twirl around the post,

in the skin-colored light of a street lamp

on the sidewalk

of a boulevard

beside the screaming honks

of traffic.





I’m not a Bad Person / I’m my Own Person






This One Time

at an Art Show

I tried to talk to this Girl about Philosophy

she was a Philosophy Student

she said

“ There’s a Baby over there and I can’t stop staring at it ”

I felt Sad


I’m not a Bad Person

I’m my Own Person


I’ve had Several Hysterical Pregnancies this Past Year

Do you know what those are?

They're when you have Symptoms but they're in your Head

 I was Happy

cause Happy’s what you’re supposed to be

but they were deceiving me

my Babies


I’m not a Bad Person

I’m my Own Person


I have spoken to them

my Children

I know there are Four of them

I know what they look like

I know how they wear their Hair

I know what their Talents are

I know that I care

but it’s not Fair

they’re taking the Time

that was supposed to be mine


I’m not a Bad Person

I’m my Own Person


I know Lots of Ladies

from the Town

I grew up in

they’re All about their Family

and in Some Ways I have to envy

their unAbashed Interest

in the Nxt Generation

the Intimacy of Relations

between Mother and Child

but I have to admit

I’m too Fucking Proud


I’m not a Bad Person

I’m my Own Person


I’m gonna do a Fine Job

you need to believe

Parenthood is not my Fist Choice

Writing is my Passion

This is just SomeThing that happened

I’m gonna keep ploughing

through my Personal Ambitions

or my Resentment will be take us All down


I’m not a Bad Person

I’m my Own Person


I wanna be a Fairy that dances

AnyThing that stops me is to be mistrusted

I don’t want Noisy Blobs that hang off of my Boobs

but Apparently I’m gonna so I Better get used


I’m not a Bad Person

I’m my Own Person


Part of me understands

All those Ladies

back in the Days

in the Books that I read

and the One’s on TV

who are Rich

who’ll just pay a Bitch

to do it for ‘em

but that’s like the Worst Thing I can imagine

that’s just Really Selfish

you know?

and Some Sort of Perversion

of Tribal Sisterhood


I’m not a Bad Person

I’m my Own Person


So there’s gotta be a Balance

between this Hatred that I have

for answering to AnyOne who isn’t me

not Really

and my Need to be a Good Person

the Best that I can be


I’m not a Bad Person


I’m my Own Person


My Own Good Person


My Own Best Person


My Own Best Friend


and though I’m Sure you’re Really Sweet

my Little Babies

that is Never 

going to change for me





16.5.12

;;; ))) The Ultimate End All Alt Lit Essay ((( ;;; - or - The Birth of Emo / Ennui OnLit







The Truth is a Hammer





 Alt Lit



=




Alt Lit is a Contemporary Literary Movement. It is distinguished from Past Movements as Well as Other Contemporary Movements in that it is the First Literary Movement to be sustained by the InterNet. Most of the Content of Alt Lit is published on the InterNet. Most of the “ Alt Lit Players ” are of the Millennial Generation - 18 to 35 Years of Age - the Generation that grew up onLine.


 ( Rough ) Alt Lit Demographics



Most Alt Lit Authors are at the Blog or Poetry ChapBook Level of Publication - the Vast Majority of the Poetry ChapBooks are PDFs Available for DownLoad off Blogs. Personal Blogs, Lit Magazine Blogs, FaceBook and Twitter are the Primary PlatForms for the publication of Alt Lit. Only a Small subSection of Alt Lit Authors have published Books, and All of these, with the Xception of Tao Lin’s upComing 3rd Novel, Taiwan, Taipei, have been published by “ UnderGround ” or “ Small ” Presses.  This use of Small Presses - plus its Use of the InterNet as a Primary Publishing PlatForm – is what Accounts for the “ Alt ” in “ Alt Lit. ” In Fact, there is Very Little “ Alternative ” about “ Alt ” Lit : it is Par the Course for Young and upComing Authors to publish with Small Presses or to Self Publish via whatEver Medium is Convenient. That, Stylistically, Alt Lit is Homogenous ( minimalist ennui-ridden prose describing daily life in american suburbia ) lends to the misNomer. It's postModernism - anOther Staple of Alt Lit.

“ Alt Lit ” is a Brand created by Tao Lin's Followers in an Attempt to market their Scene as Special or Different. To the OutSider, Most Alt Lit Voices are inDistinguishable ( minimalist ennui-ridden prose describing daily life in american suburbia ).  This Accounts for Much of the Disdain the Movement garners from those not within the Scene - being “ in the Scene ” means writing like EveryOne Else in the Scene - which means writing like Tao Lin, who created the Scene in his Image, handpicking Authors for the Alt Lit PowerHouse, Muumuu House.

Let the Term “ Alt Lit ” dissolve back into the Meaninglessness from whence it came : I suggest changing the Title of  “ post-tao lin consumer minimalism ” to “ Emo Lit ” or “ Ennui Lit ” – a subGenre of “ OnLit ” for “ OnLine Literature ” - shortened, Effectively, to “ Emo / Ennui OnLit. ”

Probably the Most Comprehensive Site in the Genre - ‘ i am alt lit - ought to be called  i am emo / ennui onlit. “ Emo ” or “ Ennui ” is Far More Descriptive of the Particularities of the Majority of the “ Alt Lit ” Movement than “ Alternative ” is - as we shall see.





The Environmental Psychology of Emo / Ennui OnLit

- or - 

The SubUrbs




Let us call the Way the Environment a Writer grows up in effects their Art Environmental Psychology. Having been granted Access to Emo / Ennui Lit - having rooted around in it  via FaceBook, Twitter and Blogs - I have concluded that Emo / Ennui Lit, and the Writers of Emo / Ennui Lit, come out of American subUrbia circa Generation Y - for this Reason, the Aesthetic and Moral Values of American subUrbia circa Generation Y ( Regan, Clinton, Bush, Obama ) permeate their Writing. Their Psychology is an outcome of their Environment. These Values are best described as “ Starbucks Values, ” or “ Corporate Consumer Values ” - these are the Values which say - “ You want to help the Environment? Buy Green! ”

Emo Lit is Notable for being One of the First Literary Movements in which Hollywood, Television and Music Celebrities feature Prominently - in Emo Lit, Pop Celebrities take the Positions Once occupied, in Literature, by Mythical and Literary Figures, Such as the Greek Gods, Biblical Saints, or Famous Lead Characters, like Leopold Bloom or Captain Ahab. This is Consistent with a subUrban Youth that grew up consuming TV and Music Media over Literature ( before the Introduction of the InterNet ) and therefore brings the Sensibilities of those Medias to Literature. This Pervasive Early Xposure to Television and Music Media xplains the MultiMedia approach Many OnLitsters take - creating Videos for YouTube and Interactive Poetry ( now that they have Access to the InterNet, their Only God ). The More Creative Side of Most Ennui onLit is MediaTechnological.

Mention is Frequently made, in Emo Lit, of Consumer Choices ( Media, Clothes, Food, etc. ) and Many Scenes from Ennui Lit Stories and Poems feature Easily Recognizable Consumer Locations Such as Restaurants, Clothing Stores, and Popular WebSites. The visually reductive and nature deprived concrete / plastic homogeny of the suburban wastescape is reproduced in the emo litsters’ minimalist prose, which is then used to convey a rote set of emotions and experiences. I say Rote because, like the subUrbs, Ennui Lit is “ Safe ” - what’s “ Alt ” about “ Alt Lit ” is its Lack of Interest in “ Traditional ” Literature - the Scene is almost Entirely Self-Referential, like a Gated Community in which a Few Members smoke Pot or own unUsual Albums and Classic Novels. And like a subUrb - a Gated Community - in Ennui Lit, Blandness predominates : Prose is Bland, Relationships are Bland, Adventures are Bland, Gossip is Bland – hence the Ennui. Ennui Lit is endemic of Literature written by an Animal in a Zoo – a Nice Cage, but a Cage nonetheless. That “ alt lit ” is so resistant to other kinds of prose and subject matter beyond consumer naval gazing is Similar to an Animal that, having been raised in Captivity, is Afraid to go outSide of its enClosure.




Emo Litsters and Technology




What is Most Notable about OnLit, of which Ennui OnLit is just the First of what will Surely be Many subGenres, is its Use of Technology to create and spread its Work. The Use of Sites Such as Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube and the Use of HandHeld Digital Devices has created Forms of Literature that Previously did not xist. The Emo Litsters are at the Technological ForeFront of Literature - for this they Rightly congratulate theirSelves - but they confuse their Use of Innovative Technologies to create Literature with their Use of Innovative Literature. Most Emo Litsters are copying Tao Lin, Tao Lin adopted Noah Cicero because they shared a Nihilistic Minimalism, and Noah Cicero Kind of sounds like Blake Butler, his More Snobbishly Noir Incarnation.



Alt Lit Influence O'Meter








 Depression and Nihilism




Depression features Notably in Emo Lit, as do the Drugs prescribed by Doctors to combat it. This is Consistent with the Writers being Writers. There is noThing “ Alt ” about Writers being Depressed and taking Drugs for it – what is Even Less Alt is Emo Lit's Use of Legal Drugs. The Nihilism is a Little More Interesting – and the eSpecially subUrban Cause of the Depression. Curing Nihilism would make Xanax Obsolete! Nihilism is what happens when an Animal is raised in Captivity : kept from True Xperience, it begins to feel its Life is Meaningless – but for being shown off, of Course : so we xplain the Phenomenon of Tao Lin, who xisits for no Other Reason, it seems, than to show off the Fact that he is Tao Lin – like a Hamster in a Cage does noThing but be a Hamster in a Cage. To cure his / her Nihilism, the Emo Litster would have to break out of it's Cage. Can the Litster do it?





Emo / Ennui OnLit as a Scene




Emo / Ennui Lit is a Social Scene whose Primary Mode of Conversation is Writing xchanged over the InterNet. For the Most Part, Emo / Ennui Lit requires that you write from an Emo / Ennui Perspective if you are going to be accepted into the Clique. As Far as I know, within “ Alt Lit, ” I am the Xception - a Maximalist, a Vocal AntiCapitalist, and a Radickal Optimist, I am on the Fringes, granted Access Only because of my Insistence. What fascinates me about Emo / Ennui Lit is its Mediocrity. It incenses me. How could the First Major Literary Movement of my Generation be so Thoroughly Bland? The Answer is that Emo / Ennui Lit is the PlayGround of Priviliged subUrban Kids living in Cages of the Mind and the Few Working Class Kids Smart Enough to move up an Income Level but not Mad Enough to fight the System. Emo / Ennui Lit is More about the InterActions between the Writers as Similar People than about the Writing itsSelf - the Writing itsSelf is subPar - Most Emo / Ennui Writers ( Muumuu House and People who wish Muumuu House would publish them ) are 2nd Generation Tao Lins and Tao Lin is a Mediocre Writer and a Narcissist. Noah Cicero interests me - his Descriptions of UnderClass Torment brush with Genius, but he needs a Better Editor and a More Comprehensive Politics - Right now he appears Impulsive and Moody - Sam Pink is a Good Prose Writer but still a More Absurdist 2nd Generation Noah Cicero - Blake Bulter is the Most Lyrical, but too Self Conscious in the Academic Style, making him overwrite and overthink in a Very Sad Young Man Kind of Way, etc. Derivative, Riddled with Spelling and Grammatical Errors, OnLine Emo Lit is Notable More for its Bad Faith Conformity than its Literary Leaps and Twirls and Flourishes. Emo / Ennui Lit is Notable for getting Emos to care about SomeThing - but then Again, its Really Only theirSelves, their Consumer Habits and their Shallow InterNet FriendShips they care about. That Emo Lit provides a Forum in which Young People can xchange their Works of Art is Honorable, but there is Little of Any Value to those not conforming to the Scene below the Surface of the Scene. If Cliquish, Most Ennui Lit is Decidedly Anti-Intellectual with Self-Absorbed Thoughts, Ordinary Activities and Habits of Consumption making up the Content of Essays, Stories, Poems and Tweets - the Xception being Blake Bulter’s HTMLGIANT, which Services University Writers with a Passing Interest in the “ Alt Lit ” Phenomenon.






Emo / Ennui Litster Male




The Emo / Ennui Listster Male, from what I have seen, is Depressed, Snide, Sarcastic, Self-Deprecating yet Self-Satisfied, a Hipster, from the subUrbs, Skinny, Snobbish, Pretentious ( but pretending to be an EveryMan by enjoying “ Base ” Pleasures ), Cliquish, Well - if Simply - Dressed, a Nihilist, Politically Apathetic ( with Pretenses to Idealism and Long Stretches of Cynicism ), Loyal to Brands, Obsessed with the InterNet, Sociable if Socially Awkward, Vaguely Sxual to Sxually Frustrated to a Compulsive Fornicator / Masturbator, inCapable of Commitment, Capable Only of Serial Commitment, or a HardLine Monogamist, adrift in the Sea of himSelf, drowning his Feelings in a Flat Writing Style, Passively Patriarchal to a Momma's Boy, Emotionally Needy but Emotionally Detached, out of Touch with his Emotions, out of Touch with his Body, pushing Energy up into his Head from his Loins causing OverThinking of Actions and a Tendency to live More on the InterNet and in Writing than in Real Life, and Finally - Fundamentally at a Loss about what to do with his Life besides write Things that make him feel a Little Bit Better about his Boring subUrban Consumer Xistence. 






Emo / Ennui Litster Lady




It’s Harder for me to be as Mean to Ladies than it is for me to be Mean to Men, but here we go : Emo / Ennui Litster Ladies are Oppressed. No, Really, they are. The Perennial “ Second Sx, ” Emo / Ennui Lister Ladies, besides Tao Lin’s Handpicked Harem, All fly below the Radar on the non-Alt Lit Initiated - like Women in Saudi Arabia, they are “ behind the Veil. ” Emo / Ennui Litster Ladies are the Nicer, Sweeter, More Timid, Cuter, Prettier, More Shapely, Slightly Less Depressed and Nihilistic - but still Kinda Depressed and Nihilistic, so the Men can understand them - Versions of the Men. Their Bodies and Appearances are focused on. The Sluttiest, Most Insecure One gets the Most Attention. They talk about Feminism and their Men pay them Lip Service. Most avoid me.







Future




What is the Future of Alt Lit? What is the Future of Emo / Ennui OnLit? That depends - Emo / Ennui OnLit will alWays be defined by Tao Lin, alWays be defined by a Particularly Millennial Nihilism and Consumerism - “ Alt ” Lit, however, is SomeThing More Fluid - and Less Real. For Xample, a Classic, or  “ Establishment ” Work of Literature ( my Area of Xpertise ) is alWays at Least Somewhat “ Alternative ” by Virtue of its being Xceptionally proFound in the Nietzschean beyond Good and Evil Sense of the Term : a Classic Novel is alWays ahead of its Time. But, the Name “ Alt ” Lit implies that whatEver Literature falls under its Umbrella stands in Opposition to SomeThing - so, what is the Current Incarnation of “ Alt ” Lit in Opposition to? I am tempted to say that “ Alt Lit ” is in Opposition to Traditional Literary Formats, but, this brings up a Dilemma Similar to that of All Literary Classics being Alt in Some Fashion : does Tao Lin's being published by Viking mean he and his Style is no Longer “ Alt ” but now “ Mainstream? ” One might argue that  “ Alt Lit ” is in Opposition to Traditional American Values, like the Beats were, but the Majority of Alt Litsters do not live Alternative LifeStyles, like the Beats did - they live like subUrban College Students. In Order for “ Alt Lit ” to be deserving of its Definition, there will have to be a WideSpread disIntegration of the Emo / Ennui OnLit Scene - Young Writers will not Only have to reject Tao Lin as a Primary Influence and go searching for their Unique Literary Voices, but begin adopting Truly Alternative LifeStyles as Well - as it stands, it is the LifeStyles of the Emo / Ennui Litsters, as reproduced in their Literature, that are the Least Alt Thing about them - besides using the InterNet, the Majority of Alt Litsters do not live in Any Way Differently or have Any Different Values from the American Cultural Mainstream of the Past 70 Years - rather, they are the American Cultural Mainstream, Generation Y?







 Andrea




Check my Preliminary Alt Lit Essay - Why Alt Lit is Important

or - my Argument as to how the Widely Copied Prose Style of Tao Lin represents the Commodification of Literature - Throw the Tao Lin








14.5.12

A Man looks in the Mirror






You are so weak. Give up to grace.

The ocean takes care of each wave

till it gets to shore.

You need more help than you know.

You’re trying to live your life in open scaffolding.

Say Bismillah, In the name of God,

as the priest does with a knife when he offers an animal.


Bismillah your old self

to find your real name.


- Rumi, ‘ Bismillah ’







A Man looks in the Mirror

What does he see?

Who is this Person?

Who is this me?

Whose is this Fragile Heart that bleeds?


Maybe he is Jaded

maybe he’s been led Astray

but Change is Difficult

what is the Cost of it?


He’s built up a Structured World around him

what if it All came tumbling downwards?


It’s not like there is SomeOne to catch him

if taking a Chance leads to Humiliation


Here he is at Life’s Weigh Station

waiting for a Sign from All Creation


Down which Path lies his Liberation?

The Means to alleviate his Xasperations?


What about his Desperation?

His Futile Feelings of Frustration?


There’s gotta be SomeThing Better than Annihilation

SomeThing Better than Chronic Depression


Now he thinks

Yeah, so what?

That's not so Bad

EveryBody's got that

EveryBody's got Problems

That’s why we All take Xanax and Adderall and Lithium and Prozac and Seroquel

or drink too Much

or party All Night with Dangerous Drugs

or drown ourSelves in Religions


You tell me

can he see

Once he pops his Medications

and closes the Mirror Door

it’s Fucked up

that Even while he stares into the sub/Urban Nightmare

of his Life


a Million People are starving to Death


a Million People are driving to Death


a Million People are bleeding to Death


a Million People are shopping to Death


We live in a Culture of Daily Oppression

leads him to Internal Repression


We work ourSelves to the Point of Xhaustion

Most of the Profit going to our Bosses


If Only he had the Power to stop it


He lives in a World that’s Totally unFair

so how can he act like he doesn't care?


He just can’t see

Any Other Way


He's just Never been

Any Other Way


He's just Never lived

Any Other Way


Yeah Intellectually

he can see

he's got a Spirit of Endurance

and he Really ought to fight a System

that controls him

and cajoles him

and bores him

and depletes him

and yet a Part of him would still rather fit in

a Part of him thinks what he’s got is Good

or at Least a Liveable Situation

with his Decent Job

and his Education


AnOther knows that's Total BullShit

He’s taking the Path of Least Resistance

Even if it gives him the Impression

that his Life is Utterly Meaningless

but for the Small Bits of Happiness

he ekes out

between the Hours and Hours of Drudgery

for Money

It's Crummy


You know what?

It Fucking sucks

That’s it

Fuck this


He wants More of Life than to xist


He will fight the System


He will break the Pattern


He will escape the Prison


of the Daily Grind

to live among a People

of a Mind

Never to answer to AnyThing or AnyOne but Passion

Never to toe the Line

The Speakers of Truth unite

that they might change the World over Night


He is going to keep up the Fight

for Freedom

so that EveryBody knows

he Clearly chose

to leave a World that was Closed

to the Truly unRuly Possibilities of Life


Life is Spontaneous and Free

and so too

is he




13.5.12

' Green Grass by the Lantern ' - the Movie !











Andrea Coates performs ' Green Grass by the Lantern ' from La Poete Maudite does Brooklyn

Shot at Beacon Hill Park, Vic City, BC, Coast Salish, TI





Green Grass by the Lantern


This

Bright White Girl

can

bust a Move


She used to be Goth

but the Hippie glowed out

with Years Xfoliation


though I’m Probably
an

Indie Hipster

wearing a

Harajuku Bow
in her Hair

knowing my

Era and Location


and Definitely Digital Generation

 with YouTube Ambitions

It's a Mountain I built mySelf

my Mom called Megalomania


Though could be Plain Mania

Could be I’m cycling

and the Pharmacists are Smarter
than the Tolstoys

( though I doubt it )


I like to call it Hudson Bay

like the Mountain I grew up on

shrug

it’s Long been there

Potential Energy

Tectonic Plates

enjoy the View

tip my Glass to Andy

go Hesh

Chachi if they'll let me


Grew up with Preppies

but they made me lie so I

started dating Stoners

and Townies

and then went Deep

into Nobodies


tried to hide in Academics

but found I fit Better with

Hip Hoppers and Tree Planters


Hope I get over my Egoism Soon

do Some Thing Altruistic

with my

multiSyllabic Concepts


Even if I’m worried

Anarkist Rioters

will reject what's

Obviously Establishment

with its Classical Allusions

and Linguistic Damask


SomeOne's got to grab Literature by the Balls

stick them to their Chest

step over Ground Zero


Self Esteem Education

got us Reality TV

but the Influence

bled Right up the Arts

to where I sit

in my

Polka Dot Heels


Read More of the Cannon

than Most People could list

but thas got me scared I’ll be hemlocked

for Mainstreamers like me


so Maybe I gotta try

talking Clever while

thumbin Bling

thowin Bills over mah Shoulder

rubbin deese Titties on de Windshield

o Some Fly Guy's Hummer

while he admirin mah Bootie

bobben an shakin on the Hood



See the Newspaper said

chrysalis in BC

you will not succeed


The Architecture said

we will send in the Red Faced and Blue Faced Carpenters

Nail Tappers and Map Shouters to

Self Satisfied

pulley up Walls round you

while you

Pink

suckle Piglets

so you can sylvia plath

your Music Box

cause we Never liked the Inlet of it


Or

how about I


big bad wolf

in the Air of Compliments

swell like a Drive Thru

Mayo Ooze

Dodge Ram Sitter

knock your Walls back down

and roll over your screaming

and regretting the

FareWell of my Sxiness like Hens

Crew?


Hm?

Would that suit you?


Impale mySelf of the Cocks

of EyeLids squeezed shut

phantasizing Men

and raisin to a Sound

like a Disappointment?


Spit in your eye?


Cross my Self for my Mother?


Pop in a Constitution of a Dress?


Laugh while I windmill my North Star

and
sip Clear Xperience

that xcites

the Wires

from Labia

to Stomach

to Throat?


Note the Juxtaposition

Pleasing

of the Olive

life boating as

Russian Xcess

stalactites

and Men heron neck?


Preachers hitler cause it's mine and our Fault

their Minds aren't Full of Lord

but rather

bounce bounce bounce

Soft Tip that rests

Delicately

in a Cupped Hand

and now SomeOne's chocking Somewhere

cause I'm reaching out to him

with Hands of Squids to say

“ Hi

this is my Euclidean Ghost ! ”


Won't you toss Money down from HighRises

so I can dance in it

 stuff it down my Bra

cha ching a House

meiosis

play Risk with Hormone Soldiers

and vanish?


Leaving Only Palimpsest so

Equally Ridiculous Shiny Teenagers will

Suddenly realize Period in Uterus of Leviathan

opening Bristle on its Own Fluke


that this is noThing but

Lysergic Acid

in a TankTop and TuTu

lighting Margaret Atwood's Joint

so the Clock ticks

Velvetly






11.5.12

A Boring Relationship






A Drunk will steal your Wallet and feel Bad about it


A Junkie will steal your Wallet and help you look for it


- Justified






SomeThing about this isn’t working


They’re looking for it but they can’t find it


They don’t know what it is Xactly

but they know it should be between them

and yet they haven't found it there

or Anywhere



But hey

that's Okay


They pretend it’s alRight

They put up a Good Front



SomeTimes

she wants it for herSelf

She thinks if she could find it

she’d shine it

she’d polish it

Night and Day

but she can’t find it


It's his Secret

He hid it

He’s alWays been hiding it

this Whole Time


He thinks

she Really wouldn't want to find it

It would shock her

It would make her cry

I'm Far too Nice a Guy

Right?


He’s not that Nice a Guy

and it tortures him inSide



There’s no Use pretending though

if you do, you’ll die


This is how Diseases start

they start with a Lie



 Even if they won't address it

it’s Easy to discern

between him and her

there’s a Cavern

It doesn’t matter if he tries

and it doesn’t matter if she cries

if there's noThing inSide



So he keeps this Secret to hisSelf

He’s Good at misDirection


He Only looks at it aLone

because he’s Afraid of it

It won’t let him be Normal

it won’t let him fit in


but she will


She’s too Nice for him

but he likes that


She’s too Sweet for him

but he likes that


She’s too Simple for him

he would like to be Simple

and though a Part of him wants her Life

anOther could Never be Happy

with the Ordinary


He’s pretending to be a Person that he’s not

She is his enAbler


I mean, there’s noThing Wrong with her

she’s Lovely and Fine

I’m liberating Both of them

with this Rhyme


Cause she’s got a Plan

and she needs a Man

who’ll be Reliable


He’ll keep a Steady Job

and check EveryThing Twice

He'll calm her down

be the Sugar to her Spice


She likes that her BoyFriend's unUsual

cause he stands out in a Crowd

but when it comes on down

he’s Creepy and Weird and

Kind of Questionable



They’re in a coDependent Situation

cultivating Mutual Depressions

too Scared and Lazy to change it

cause Denial is the Easiest


Even if he doesn’t like to be without a Girl to sigh to

she'll have to admit, “ I don't understand you ”


Neither will find Satisfaction

in their Empty Relationship

They’re together because it’s Convenient and it looks Good

The Spark has flown, it’s gone

They’re just SomeThing they do so they won’t be aLone


Yes, yes

they are Old Friends

but come on now

this has to end



In Return

to Both what they Most desire


which is not the Other

but anOther