Poetical Shorts

I've been posting a fair number of poems on Facebook recently, so I figured I'd collect some of the shorter ones and post them here for posterity's sake.

Afraid of Everything

I'm afraid of failure

and I also fear of success.

I'm afraid to be too happy,

but I'm afraid to be depressed.

I'm afraid that I'm no good

and I'm afraid that I'm an ass.

I'm afraid of beauty

because I'm afraid that I'm too crass.

I'm afraid of all these things,

and I'm afraid it's true,

that I'm afraid of me

and I'm even more afraid of you.

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Staff Selection*

Cider! Cider! amber bright,

Set aglow by fridge's light;

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy scrumptious symmetry?

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Looping

I'm never going to learn my lesson,

I'm never going to see the end.

I'm just gonna make the same mistakes

again and again

and again

and again.

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So

So you're lovely.

So you're smart.

So you smell nice

and make art.

So you're messy.

So you snore.

So you can't cook

and slam the door.

So you're caring

and well-read.

So you're soft

and great in bed.

So you get sad

and never say.

So you're awkward

and lose your way.

So your laugh

and so your voice.

So your eyes

make me rejoice.

So you're perfect.

So you're not.

And so I love you

quite a lot.

*Very clearly parodying William Blake's brilliant poem The Tyger here.