Sunday, November 13, 2011

fuck it list



bucket lists are bullshit
what a waste of time
living for dreams
you didn't believe in
chasing crippled notions and
following losers to the gray zone
of equality

in the waning moments
awareness sets in and now
you're ready?
for what,

a certain sunset
to share with yourself

a thirty minute meal
overpriced and consumed, reduced
to a golden crap

puking in some unpronounceable ocean
because you saw a movie and.....

how about a kick in your ass
for not
doing more when you were...alive

when the grind was eating your soul
so the kids could be
happy or
the endless evenings spent smiling
at the table set just so, like a Williams-Sonoma ad
the one your ex-wife swore the Wilson's did not have,
yet

just because Mr. Handcock drove a Jag
you bought the Bentley
showing neighbors how important
you think…you are 

the dust on your heels confirms,
dreamers die slower deaths
I say, let's speed up the process
.
.
.
I'm working on my list
my, fuck it list

going nowhere and melting
into myself, at peace with me
even as the red ants of fate dine on my bones,
constant comfort is near

fuck it allows me to breathe
to rejoice in loss
as heroic waves wash my tears away

fuck it to the controlled chaos
the purposeful ignorance that shelters so many

their dark caverns, where books rust
and imagery comes in bills and reruns

fuck it serves me freedom
to soar above the hatred of evening newscasts
the murderous rage so far from my door

one click turns me off, the next
takes me mountaintop high

I vote Fuck It for President
Fuck It for the New World Leader

my new favorite team,
The Fighting Fuck It's
never a concern for victory
as all are winners

so kick your bucket list
to the curb
and step up to say

“FUCK IT”

you'll be glad you did

rd060611

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11 comments:

  1. ClaudiaNovember 13, 2011 at 1:53 AM

    your writing never goes down easily..i swallowed hard on some passages and there's lots of ugly truth in this.. think i'll take this as a kick in the ass for reminding me to do more while i'm still..alive..so..thanks d.

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  2. knot eyeNovember 13, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    Thanks Claudia...a little humor helps the medicine go down

    Peace

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  3. knot eyeNovember 13, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Sister Mary Gonna Getcha would approve...HA

    Thanks B...now to practice what I preach

    Peace

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  4. Karen S.November 13, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    Lists? Who needs them right? But although so many of your lines read sadly with reality...I still wake a dreamer, live by chance mostly, when able, and go to bed still dreaming of what tomorrow will be...I'm one who really invites what happens in the day...right then and now, WHEN I can, and for me it works....your words radiate such deep emotions, nicely presented and so true in today's world.....

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  5. ScarletNovember 13, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    What a list..ha..ha...This would be fun to do, but I doubt many people would have the guts and the nerve to actually follow it. We are all slaves of our wants and priorities of others ~

    Nice to meet you~

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  6. knot eyeNovember 13, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    Thank you all...now go do something :-)

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  7. Roy SchulzeNovember 13, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Until I read this, I didn't realize I even had a fuck-it list and that it was so very long. So, thank you for that.

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  8. knot eyeNovember 13, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    No worries Roy

    Peace

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  9. AnonymousNovember 13, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    very angry, but easy to read.

    you make some good points.

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  10. lynneNovember 13, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    (scratch-scratch) That's my fuckit list being written.. gotta few things on there and the rest well, goes on the loveit list.

    this is awesome..off to do my to-do things:-)

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  11. knot eyeNovember 14, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    thanks all...

    L...no, you're awesome

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