02-12-2011, 05:39 PM
all love has conditions
the contingencies drawn
soon after you're born
or the very first kiss
outside her front door
the moment your lips form
the words "mum" and "dad"
agreements are silently made
beyond the edge of consciousness
a handshake occurs
a treaty is signed
"you will not grow up to be gay
or vegan
or Christian or Muslim
or whatever the opposite
of what we are is"
"you will not demand attention
when i don't feel like giving it
you'll pleasure yourself
when i'm too tired"
"you'll buy me a fucking pony
you cunts
or an Xbox
a TV
pay my college bills too
and tell me how clever I am"
beyond the edge of consciousness
a handshake occurs
a treaty is signed
agreements are silently made
the contingencies drawn
soon after you're born
or the very first kiss
outside her front door
the moment your lips form
the words "mum" and "dad"
agreements are silently made
beyond the edge of consciousness
a handshake occurs
a treaty is signed
"you will not grow up to be gay
or vegan
or Christian or Muslim
or whatever the opposite
of what we are is"
"you will not demand attention
when i don't feel like giving it
you'll pleasure yourself
when i'm too tired"
"you'll buy me a fucking pony
you cunts
or an Xbox
a TV
pay my college bills too
and tell me how clever I am"
beyond the edge of consciousness
a handshake occurs
a treaty is signed
agreements are silently made
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe