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Lock Me Up, I'm Stupid
by Rachel C JohnsonGuys,
IÂ’m love-sick and stupid.
So you shouldnÂ’t let me out
in public today.
I might propose on the corner
of some street I find attractive.
And then where would I be?
...married to a street
thatÂ’s taken my last name
when all I really wanted
was you.
04/18/2008
Author's Note: Haha. I wrote one called "The Cheese to My Macaroni" too; but, guys, it's totally not worth reading. Well...I suppose neither is this.
Posted on 04/19/2008
Copyright © 2010 Rachel C Johnson
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 04/19/08 at 12:36 AM Oh...I like that last stanza. I like it a lot. |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 04/19/08 at 04:13 AM This is so TOTALLY worth reading! It's quirky and cute and precious! Any street would be lucky to have you...hehehe. |
| Posted by Coleman Demiurge on 04/19/08 at 05:11 AM The Cheese to My Macaroni huh? That's from Juno is it not? I saw that the other day oddly enough. Being that I found this one very much worth reading, I'm sure that one is as well. Great opening lines to this one; true too, nobody love-sick should ever be let out into the open, or at least not around me anyway. I like the idea of someone being married to a street as well. Many different directions someone can take with that, and they all look good to me. Nicely done. ;) |
| Posted by D. James McKee on 04/19/08 at 06:06 AM
I love the mood and simple/complexity of this work; it is simultaneously
charming, laid back, carefree, and concerned: “a cautionary whale” of a poem, rendered down to the essentials, sprinkled liberally with sweet ambergris. Lovely. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/19/08 at 03:38 PM Ha! Great songs and love stories have begun waiting on some street corner, including this poem. Very fun! |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 04/23/08 at 08:00 PM A great spoof on "being in love"! |
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