Needs to be said

I picked this up from averagebro.com today. I am glad there are people in Washington DC who are saying what needs to be said. The United States's process is so clouded and choked up by the partisanship and decision to not make decisions. I also find this clip interesting because it shows how these "leaders" of our country do not even show each other common courtesy. Are these really the people we want our children to become?

"Line"

I have finally been able to make it to a chapbook reading at The Last Bookstore. Once again I am inspired to work with the flow of words. Here is a quick draft I created today, I might publish the finished poem later if I remember.

Line

The line is there in front,

segment extending horizontally.

Colors a monotone yellow, yet a myriad with the blending of red and orange.

Straight it starts, yet it grows into a half-sphere.

This sunset glows with warmth.

This sunset glows with hope.

「気の強い女の子が好きになる男性８タイプ」

この記事は友が僕にmixiで教えてくれた。
http://news.mixi.jp/view_news.pl?media_id=75&id=1275217
明らかに僕はタイプ１（静かな男）ですね。今ちょうど気の強い女が必要 だろう！（笑）

Hate - a poem

I just visited my friend's blog and it made me realize that I haven't posted one of my poems on here for a while. Here is an old short thinking poem of mine, "Hate".
Hate
I Hate You!
It’s your fault too.

Yet, with time it all seems minor.
Why even bother?
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(Version 2)
I Hate You!
It’s your fault too.

Why must we burn so intensely?
...when it's the hottest flame that cools most quick?

How did we start fighting over matters, that time
shows are not the effort we spent?

I am working on a book project idea that I've had since I saw Neruda's book of love poems. Mine will have 50 Love and Break-up poems. I have chosen about half so far, but about a quarter of those I will probably edit or drop so... In fact the slightly newer poem I was initially going to post I decided to save for the project and perhaps edit. Worst, I don't write love poems that often, but I plan on having fun with this so wish me luck everyone.

おっと！

ああファック！今ばかり気がつく！慣れたは1つの言 語で特定の人のために書いた、でも今では安全じゃない。だめだめ。オンライン翻訳・ソフトウェアは利用できるので、言語を知っていない別の人は言葉を読んで きます。
待ってよ！　心配ことは何ですのか？彼女は読めば、同じ過ちをすることはないだろう。。。ね？
私が間違って言って下さい。

まあ。私は、彼女がそれを読む気にしないけど。。。
オンライン・ソフトウェアは僕の翻訳者としての将来のためによくじゃない

いい夏になりそう

おととい、素晴らしいライブショーに行った。この週末、繁華街にお盆祭りが開かれます。そして、八月に最近｛さいきん｝の好きなアーティスト、K'naanのライブに行っておく。この夏の時が楽しくなりそう。
良かったー！　秋の時は難しかった。これまでに良いことも悪いこともいろいろあった。少しい失恋と失望を経験したが、今希望がもてます。

七夕 / I'm in love

It's 7/7 today, otherwise known as Tanabata. This "7th night" holiday is celebrated in Japan and several other countries in Asia. It's essentially connected to the movement of the stars and a romance story that I'll write a quick overview of here:
Basically a lowly cow-herder and an celestial princess meet and fall in love. As seems apt to happen with young lovers they neglected their duties once they found themselves enthralled with each other. The princess happened to also be the weaver of heaven's clothes and gods are apparently neither fans of wearing old clothes, nor of cows running around heaven. The lovers were punished, sent to opposite ends of heaven and allowed to meet each other once a year. I think there is a great lesson in fatherly love here that demands his daughter to work 364 days and then get a one day break to meet your love but the story is actually about the lovers.
So why am I mentioning this holiday? Simply because I have found myself loving someone too recently. Now I don't use the word loosely. Of all the women I liked I haven't told any of them "I love you", this including those women I believe I may have actually "loved". The word is too powerful to just throw around, so I have only said it to family members. However I will gladly tell the world about my new love, in fact I can't stop talking about her!
She's the brightest light in this dark world. With those curious eyes that seem to say they have seen so much yet want to see even more, she' the absolute cutest baby ever. I don't even find most babies cute but she is. Definitely. The best foster baby cousin a guy can have!
Okay, so yes, technically she's family. But still... she's a darling, and I only met her on the 4th of July so... I'm not the only one who has become entranced by her either. Wait! speaking of which what happened to her little brother? I think we all neglected him as we vied for her attention. Guess he'll have to work on his cute factor or something.