my new shoes.
Submitted by rory byrnes on January 31, 2010 – 6:36 am9 Comments
my new shoes.
by rory byrnes
meet new people, go to parties, do dishes.
pour my coffee, take a shower, read newspaper.
go to work, come home.
rule#1: distract yourself.
dress in clean clothes everyday.
don’t worry about your stomach or
the thought of getting a double chin.
it’s the inside that counts.
rule#2: you are beautiful.
breathe in and out slowly, count to four repeatedly, stare at the wall.
play with cat, inhale cigarette.
most important rule#3: smoke more weed.
i don’t need anti-convulsants.
i don’t need pills.
i don’t need medication.
give me you.
i don’t know. I’d have to agree. now looking at it, the last line doesn’t really make any sense to have there. thanks for pointing that out. i guess i was just trying to get the point across that i don’t need anything but a good man and a good bag.
i think the last line is waving the white flag to life and just letting things be-that’s why i like it.
depakote? because i was on that for a long time for both my moods&seizures; i know they help out with both. i’ve never been on anything for my eating disorders but i heard prozac does the trick-that’s the only one i know of
no, its not just you Shawn. I liked this one quite a bit until the final line.
I love everything about this poem except for the very last line. It, to me, takes a poem that shuttles a constant, propulsive mood and suddenly wrenches it into something it hadn’t been up until that point. But that’s just me, and a matter of preference at that. I liked the read. I wish I could smoke more weed, but I had to quit when I turned 30 and it started provoking panic attacks.
The first stanza is particularly well-done.
fantastic song.
not epileptic.
anti-convulsants also help people with eating disorders, mood disorders, etc.
i love panda bear! bwaha!
i also love this poem a lot. i have the same approach to life. are you epileptic too, r.byrnes?
we’re stronger than it and we don’t need them
this reminds me of the panda bear song “take pills”
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=panda+bear+take+pills&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8