Notes from Archy while the World was Burning

2013-05-21T13:53:00.002-04:00

I was mean
And I had good Reason
But that's no
Good Reason

2013-04-14T15:48:00.003-04:00

I like to leave
the toilet seat
up
so that
you always know
what you're getting

Archy

2013-03-26T01:17:00.001-04:00

But
it was
a
Reflection
of
Something
else.

Archy

2013-02-22T15:55:00.001-05:00

The place was totally dead
the only heartbeat was on
the kitchen counter
between the blinks of an eye.

Archy

2013-01-25T15:36:00.000-05:00

Everything is a poem
but the words won't lie still
so I may write them
They float around above my head
and refuse a stationery existence.

Archy

2012-11-23T10:02:00.003-05:00

The Moon looks so far away
why doesn't he
come closer
and be my friend

Archy

2012-11-11T12:39:00.002-05:00

Is it a banana
you're eating
or something
unnatural?

2012-11-06T10:55:00.002-05:00

What do you do
when you're the
last game
in town?

Archy

2012-11-06T09:20:00.002-05:00

The Christian Soldiers are marching
forward toward
a personal oblivion with Christ.

Archy

2012-10-29T11:06:00.002-04:00

There I was in the hospital
and she brought me
a basket of
things that kill

Archy

2012-10-27T12:50:00.001-04:00

I like pretty girls
Just like
any fool

Archy

2012-10-26T12:33:00.004-04:00

The cat is dead
and even the mouse
is sad

Archy

2012-10-23T12:39:00.001-04:00

I behaved miserably
but I was
living in Chicago
and everyone behaves miserably
in Chicago

Archy

2012-10-21T20:24:00.001-04:00

Look up at the stars
and don't be afraid
to feel the butterflies
in your stomach

Archy

2012-10-21T09:23:00.000-04:00

I want you to come
over and drink tea
and sing poetry to me
in the shower

Archy

2012-10-16T21:02:00.001-04:00

We're all strangers
looking out the same
cafe windows

Archy

2012-10-16T19:20:00.000-04:00

Sitting in the rain
smoking my last cigarette
I'm sending you my
smoke signals

Archy

2012-10-16T13:40:00.001-04:00

When your friends notice
that you've suddenly gained
250 pounds
they're likely to become suspicious
of your grocery "shopping"

Archy

2012-10-15T12:56:00.000-04:00

I took a photograph
of the garbage bins
because they were beautiful

Archy

2012-10-14T23:30:00.000-04:00

Living hand to mouth
is even harder
with broken knuckles

Archy

2012-10-13T14:06:00.000-04:00

Maybe it's the
bottle or maybe it's
the Gin
Maybe it's the bottom
or maybe it's the end.

Archy

2012-10-13T13:07:00.000-04:00

The moth on the wall is me
And I'm here now
And I've found the light
which is what brought
me here in the first place.

Archy

2012-10-13T02:20:00.000-04:00

She asked me what I thought
of ice cream
I told her it was possibly
the greatest invention
by this horrid excuse
for a human race.

Archy

2012-10-06T11:14:00.000-04:00

Everywhere you go
There you are.

Archy

2012-10-04T21:50:00.001-04:00

I was standing with
my heart pointing
out into the Universe
and I realized
This is everything
This is it.

Archy