Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Starving At Tiffany's


Starving At Tiffany's

I will cross my heart, and hope to die.
While stuck in my past obsessing.
But I will not be your "Catcher in the Rye".

You trained me to learn, and then to lie.
As I watched our love undressing.
I will cross my heart, and hope to die.

You made me swear that I would not cry.
I can look that unkept while suppressing.
But I will not be your "Catcher in the rye".

When I broke down, you still asked "why?".
Though I was torching photos, digressing.
I will cross my heart, and hope to die.

With tickets in hand you said "lets fly!".
You make me feel that I'm worth caressing?
But I cannot be your "Catcher in the rye".

Love was a trinket that they taught you to buy.
When you claimed all of my needs depressing.
I will cross my heart, and hope to die
But I will not be your "Catcher in the rye".

Ten Favorite Poems

Reverie in Open Air- Rita Dove
Lyrics of Fury- Rakim
The Road Not Taken- Robert Frost
Anyone Else But You- Moldy Peaches
Mad Girl's Love Song- Sylvia Plath
Fire in Freetown- K'NAAN
Still I Rise- Maya Angelo
Starving at Tiffany's -Jeremi Handrinos
Vienna- Billy Joel
One Art- Elizabeth Bishop