J.J. Campbell- Two Poems

fading away to oblivion

 

wishes don't come

true

 

all the pretty girls

still don't know

you exist

 

fading away to

oblivion could

always be worse

 

disease

 

child support

 

guilt

 

be happy your

only baggage is

a few extra pounds

a low standard for utopia

 

wake up at five

in the morning

and take a piss

 

figure out a few

minutes later that

most of it ended

up on the floor

 

the beauty of

apathy is you

have a low

standard for

utopia

 

you learned many

moons ago that

people are vastly

overrated

 

but when your

hand gets tired

of the lotion and

playing dress up

 

you really have

no choice

 

break out the razor

and get a somewhat

clean towel

 

shave off the beard

and throw on some

clean clothes

 

pretend that the

world will be

impressed