Ode to Young Philosopher.

You say truth's like clockwork,
and all we need to do to achieve this
human efficiency is
put aside all our emotions, our personal drives.

I can't do that.
And I know you can't do that.
In a perfect world, we would all be
pieces of a beautiful machine, but
I know no one can ever be perfect.

We have greed.
We have lust.
We can't achieve this communal beauty-
we're too flawed.

Your level of consciousness far exceeds mine,
but I've experienced more.
We can't find truth.
Love will always get in the way.

Teenage Dream

Your skin-tight jeans, Darren?
I wouldn't mind.

Rome.

The USA has fallen like Rome.

Enjoy your greed, your wealth disparity,
your immobile, blind religiosity.

In 1500 years, all that will be left of you
will be a language, a religion, and a
model for how to kill an empire.

If I believed in God, I'd pray to love again.
As it is, I'm happy that you found someone.

DADT.

Gays shouldn't be allowed to serve in the military. I mean, Greece made that mistake. Look at what a mess they made. Widespread trade? Tolerance? Literacy? God dammit, if Phillip had just kept his son in the closet, none of this Hellenism stuff would have ever happened.

College. I can't wait.

Please, shower me with your labels.
Heaven knows I can't decide who I
am for myself. Your labels are really
helping me find an identity. There's
no way I could do it without you.

It can't be love
for there is no true love.