I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don’t know about you.

I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don’t know about you.

when
can
I kill
myself

when can I let myself off a hook
as sharp as this one’s been
and hold
my dead head high

when can I be unreasonable
slip stupid thoughts over my eyes
like treacherous hoods and buy into
whatever I tell myself

damned if I know if I’ll ever be able to
seems I’ve got a plainclothes conscience
that sneaks up on me
I want to claim entrapment

give me a handcuff key
and let me go
the will to live isn’t all it’s
cracked up to be

word on the street is
I’ll never get my chance
word on the street says
I snitched and death

is too good for me

NOTE WELL!!!!!!!

I’m fine, ok? It’s a poem based in reflection on past feelings — not distant past, I admit, but past nonetheless.

Again: with my work and of course others, to assume the voice of the poem is automatically the voice of the poet can get you in trouble. I can see why folks might think that here; but really, I’m fine.

I really need to know, guys — who’s coming to iWPS?

You can tell me about other people you know are coming, too, if you know.

EDIT: Don’t care if you’re spectating, volunteering, or competing. I just want to get a sense of who’s out there as potential performers for the CD.