[Tentative Meetings]

Tentative Meetings

We sit stirring coffee

And staring across our mugs.

Breaths pass between us

Thick with freshly crushed

And boiled beans.

We reach for our cups,

Standing so close.

Our hands brush

With a lingering touch.

You smile at me.

I smile back, and look down,

Hiding my blush-- the red of the crown.

We sit a while and trade idle banter

A smile plays at the corner of your mouth.

It?s been an hour now

And the coffee is cold.

Our conversation grows old.

I want to take your hand,

Steal a kiss and depart

-- Together.

We rise, our eyes meet.

Then we walk to the door.

We say our goodbyes

And then we depart.

--Alone I walk home,

Back to the dark.

I should have taken the initiative,

Should have stolen the kiss.

But I couldn?t be sure

It would end up like this...

[Human Nature]

Gabe, this is Josiah (I think!), a new author recently acquired by AD. An essay of his is on the front page but what we're really working on is The Angel, an unusual serialized novel he's almost finished with. Maybe it'll be up by next week.

And...

Welcome to the Poetry Forum, Josiah! Uh, if you're back at the PC, can you help with the edits, please? We're having a bit of a time with the formatting...

Kisses...

TR 8)

Heya TR, yeah, I'm back at a PC now and in the USA too. That's odd about the formatting... all I used was MS Word and then converted it into normal text for Nifty. Can you send me an email being more specific about the problem so I can try to figure it out? I'll go start checking the chapters now and see if I can't clear it up for you.

Thanks again for all the help!

P.S. if Gabe is 18, then yes, I am also the same age.

[Human Nature]

It's really more just up for self-interpretation. You can take it as sardonicism if you like or just a bit of tongue in cheek sardonic babble, or even something really deep and serious.

go for feedback if you feel like it. It'd be cool to hear, I guess?

I do have more, but mostly in different styles. Maybe I'll post some of them soon.

[Human Nature]

Human Nature

People whine about capitalism

And consumerist products

But, come on, let?s admit it.

They do make you feel good.

Even the things

You know you shouldn?t buy

The ones that make you feel

Guilty inside.

They still make you feel good.

But of course they do.

That?s human nature for you

That?s self-indulgence.

Just think where we?d be if it weren?t.

We?d be so caught up,

So concerned with making

Everyone else feel good,

We?d have no time to enjoy

What others do for us,

And everyone would be miserable.

So yes, Thank god we?re selfish.

Thank god for capitalism.

Thank god for consumerism.

Thank GOD for human nature.