Best poem I've read in a while
The latest work from the homeless poetry czar of downtown Tempe, his hustle isn't stealing bikes, robbing people, or begging, this brother writes poems and sells 'em for a buck to anyone who'll stop for him. His latest...
"Pain"
The breeze has passed
Pollen dust settled
and now the evening
comes out as she combs out
her hair, there is the book
the inkstone, the table, but
he who has my life has
disappeared. It is hard
to speak through tears,
I've heard it's always spring
and beautiful, I'd take a little
boat and drift out on the water,
but I'm afraid a boat so small
would sink with the weight
of all my sorrow
I swear this guy's really happy everytime I see him, but goddamn, his poems are sad.
"Pain"
The breeze has passed
Pollen dust settled
and now the evening
comes out as she combs out
her hair, there is the book
the inkstone, the table, but
he who has my life has
disappeared. It is hard
to speak through tears,
I've heard it's always spring
and beautiful, I'd take a little
boat and drift out on the water,
but I'm afraid a boat so small
would sink with the weight
of all my sorrow
I swear this guy's really happy everytime I see him, but goddamn, his poems are sad.