People Poetry - CD
Danni - July 11, 2001
Fucking women
I asked you out to dinner
why?
because I'm a rape victim
and
I have to know the person before I do
anything with them
it hasn't always worked
but I need a
(false?)
sense of security before I truly
approach someone
I'm not going to go up to a total stranger
and say
Hi, do me
Why?
because I don't work that way
and
because total strangers have done that to me
and proceeded to go beyond talking
I'd like to talk and know
who it is I am entrusting my body to
who it is brandishing the whip
call it formal
but I need to know if you care
there's another human being with you
I called several times to make sure
the dinner was on
to get clarification
and you weren't home
and so I left a message
and you never called
back
I am one who knows others
who never get messages
sue me for giving you attention
(remember, you had talked of having a dry spell, I was trying to make it moist)
and I stopped calling
I got that message
yes, I kept on showing up at the bar
but notice how I didn't approach you
and yet I found out
you think I'm being
too pushy
I stopped calling
and I rarely showed up
I was nice when I saw you
but never dragged on you
you had said that if I wanted something
I should just tell you
imagine the irony
you want me to be direct
you're not
I find out through the grapevine
your opinions of me
I was under the impression
they were warm
since you invited me to the barbecue
I didn't even bring up plans for the evening
you had just said
Hey, what are you doing tonight
so I come
and I stay inside
knowing you are outside
I am keeping away from you
and yet apparently
you left because I was too pushy
I'm confused
so
how's this
I stay completely away
completely
I forget about you
will this make you happy
or will this be
something else that's
too much
Don't - (January 19, 1999)
    
"When you
assume
you make an
out of you and
me"
this common phrase is one of the
best
I have encountered, it may be
silly-sounding,
but it makes a
point rather
well
When I say
something
that is the one thing I am
saying,
not something like it
DON'T
put
words
in
my
mouth
If I wanted to say that one thing, I
would
have
DON'T think that because
I think
one
thing about something that I
automatically
fit into a nicely-labelled box of
ideas
on the
subject
DON'T
assume
that I am thinking one
thing
while saying
another
What I think is what
I
think
and I give my opinion only
when
I
wish
to
DON'T give an opinion
for
me
unless I ask you to
unless
I can't say it myself
The only things I am
able
to keep
private
are my thoughts
when I wish them to be kept
private
DON'T try to
read
my mind
I'll tell you
when
I
want
to
not
sooner or later
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