The brevities
Whether lust or loathing
commit yourself with the same passion.
*
The science of rush hour traffic
is akin to fluid mechanics.
*
What has happened to us? Instead
of posting the card, you give it to me.
*
Good choices come from bad
reasons. Have good reason to be bad.
*
You grind your teeth and never sleep,
much like the newly slimmed-down Belfast.
*
Because he had no other choice
he masturbated to the sound of her voice.
*
The girls in baseball caps and baggies
to disguise their well-honed arrogance.
*
You can buy hate as you can love.
You are the blade, you are the stone.
*
I lie with a hand on your stomach
to be one step ahead of desire.
*
Never drink alone. As a last resort,
sit down with your enemies.
*
Aesthetics have replaced belief.
After all this time, beauty's truth.
*
In the ladies, so you say,
you hover over the toilet seat.
*
The afternoon has gone. The yawn
of the busker's dog says it all.
*
Better quiet than trying to be heard.
Remember to die among friends.
commit yourself with the same passion.
*
The science of rush hour traffic
is akin to fluid mechanics.
*
What has happened to us? Instead
of posting the card, you give it to me.
*
Good choices come from bad
reasons. Have good reason to be bad.
*
You grind your teeth and never sleep,
much like the newly slimmed-down Belfast.
*
Because he had no other choice
he masturbated to the sound of her voice.
*
The girls in baseball caps and baggies
to disguise their well-honed arrogance.
*
You can buy hate as you can love.
You are the blade, you are the stone.
*
I lie with a hand on your stomach
to be one step ahead of desire.
*
Never drink alone. As a last resort,
sit down with your enemies.
*
Aesthetics have replaced belief.
After all this time, beauty's truth.
*
In the ladies, so you say,
you hover over the toilet seat.
*
The afternoon has gone. The yawn
of the busker's dog says it all.
*
Better quiet than trying to be heard.
Remember to die among friends.
Howard Wright teaches Art History at the University of Ulster in Belfast. In 2002 he won second prize in the Leicester Open Competition and appeared in the Peterloo Poets anthology.
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