jaimes

today

i will make you

strawberry pancakes. not because

we had a fight, not because i'm gonna

ask you a favor. but because you're here

and i know

you like strawberries and

i have strawberries growing

in the yard. you don't ask me

why; you don't question why i'm doing it.

it is what it is;

you are here. we are, for the first time since

before you left for london, sitting in the same kitchen

 

waking up at the same time zone, and i am family.

nothing else will go right today;

you'll have blisters on your heels,

i'll lose 1G of memory somehow.

we will have dreams pushed further away,

harsh realities thrown close into our third eye's perimeter.

 

today will be a good day, i assure you

(even though it turned out not to be),

but..................................d****t!

 

for now you and i

will sit.

we will drink coffee with milk and brown sugar.

i will pick strawberries from outside,

wash them and cut them up,

throw them into the batter

and serve them to you with honey.

we'll smile and go nom nom nom.

 

 

for a little while,

for the next hour or so,

life will be good.

 

for a little while,

we'll forget how our (numbered) days

and our lives seperate from each other

 

are fucked.

Reviews

[kewlbluetiger]

Wow. Your writing style is really unique. I would say it's an acquired taste like - raw fish. You also have issues with weird formatting where you break up sentences in wierd places. Like here:
"i have strawberries growing
in the yard. you don't ask me
why; you don't question why i'm doing it."
I don't understand why you took the "why;" down to the next line, but I think after looking at some of your other work this is part of your style. It's interesting, but not all readers will love it, again- like sushi.

But here's the deal. I found myself struggling through it because there are times you REALLY convey strong feelings through your words. There's like a genuine touch that lets you know what's written is heartfelt and true. I'm a fan. Honestly I was shocked to see this didn't get any reviews yet. We do things when we are in love to keep the peace (like making breakfast) a desperate attempt to hold onto that one thing a bit longer. I'm a fan. I'll be sure and read more of your work.