Monthly Archives: September 2005

I Want to be Disgusting

Posted on 28 September 2005 by chris

when she looks at me like I amalready, sitting on the couchwith a bowl of ice cream or cereal Goddammitif I’m going to be punished anywaywhy not really let myself go? I could really stand to gorge myselfon double cheeseburgers … Continue reading →

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First Horse in the First Race

Posted on 27 September 2005 by chris

…second horse in the second race. That’s what the guy told mewhen I said I was going to the trackI don’t know him well, but I knew that he liked to betso I kept his words in mind when we … Continue reading →

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Pictures

Posted on 27 September 2005 by chris

(picture also appeared on jscrilla.com) just the beginnings of a very nice dinner at miko’s so, as I said, I’m putting up a new poem today. I’ve got another forthcoming, but it will be a little while before I post … Continue reading →

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Sunset

Posted on 26 September 2005 by chris

more poems coming soon, I promise! I’m quitting my second job…

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Two Older Couples Visit the Restaurant on a Late Summer Evening

Posted on 21 September 2005 by chris

The first walked through the doorbeaming with pride, and eagerexplaining to the hostess, then the busboy“It’s our anniversary,”before asking for a larger table—the two-top doesn’t do the occasion justice shortly after, the other enters, arm-in-armhe’s holding her close and whispering … Continue reading →

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This Poem Is Not about Making Love

Posted on 20 September 2005 by chris

When we get all of our clothes off, I start thinking aboutthat girl I work with—she’s half-Asian, that’s good enough—orthat girl in my class who wore her skirt too short one day orthe one who got me off a couple … Continue reading →

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A Little Update

Posted on 16 September 2005 by chris

I haven’t been doing a whole lot, lately, aside from working and going to school. I’ve been enjoying my poetry class this semester, and even have been inspired to write a little bit. more should be forthcoming. um…I’m gonna talk … Continue reading →

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F is for Failure

Posted on 1 September 2005 by chris

Oh, the frustrationSitting at the desk with blank pages, fresh sheetsand a pen, filledwith ink that will not flow Focus, I tell myselfFind something to capture but I know that I already have it, it fills me so full that … Continue reading →

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