I'm Used to the End

I used to cry anyway. I'm used to die.

I do fear fear, but FDR was wrong.

Fear is not necessary. It's a problem to deal with.

It is no one's fault. Scared people can do really dumb stuff.

Last year I read that MLK said, "I'd rather be dead than afraid,"

the day before he died.


I love dead things, because they used to be alive.

I love living things, because they know not why.

I can get used to dying.


I am stronger than my weaknesses:

I said that to myself while driving to school

and listening to The W. A. N. D. by Flaming Lips

and laugh-cried like a burst, then thought

I might be breaking my own heart again.

I felt really sick this morning.

I really want to care better.


The end, now I am a better person.


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Summer or Autumn 2017

Austin Community College, Riverside Campus