Jan 02, 2009 02:00
The inspiration for my name:
"Akimbo" by Ani DiFranco
What dreams cause me
To abandon my pillow each night?
Push away each of them, in fact
Since there always seem to be more than one
Then wake to aching stiff neck twisted
Tits and face smashed against the mattress
Legs and arms akimbo
Like the high pitched body of a jumper
Waiting for her chalk outline
Finally at rest
"Nothing Worth Loving isn't Askew" by Neil Cicierega
You are red and blue and green,
living like a living computer glitch.
You could change to anything.
All you gotta do is just hit the switch.
You are muscle, flesh and bone,
living in the land of automobiles.
If you ever lose your shoes,
all you gotta do is just click your heels.
Symmetry's overrated, methinks.
Look at the scars all over the Sphinx.
Do you know that when you blink
each eye winks slightly out of sync?
Symmetry's overrated, methinks.
Look at the scars all over the Sphinx.
Even the planet spins with a tilt.
Everybody's built like a quilt.
Have you heard the awful truth?
Cursed asymmetricals go to hell.
If you trip and lose a tooth
you gotta knock the other side out as well.
Gouge both eyes out and you'll see
empty sockets everywhere: self abyss.
Fill them up with mercury
so that I can see myself when we kiss.
Symmetry's overrated, methinks.
Look at the scars all over the Sphinx.
Even the planet spins with a tilt.
Everybody's built like a quilt.
Trees in the forest fall to the side.
Everybody's got something to hide,
except for me and my suitcase
full of imperfections.
If the court has no objections...
Symmetry's overrated, methinks.
Look at the scars all over the Sphinx.
I am lopsided, and so are you.
Nothing worth loving isn't askew.
late night