you have done well, gentleman

1. If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
2. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.
3. Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.
4. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.
5. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be.
6. Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.
7. If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can’t “be friends”.
8. A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend. Don’t settle.
9. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.
10. Don’t stay because you think “it will get better”.
11. You’ll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.
12. The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
13. Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women.
14. He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any different
15. Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
16. Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.
17. If something bothers you, speak up.
18. Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.
19. You cannot change a man’s behavior. Change comes from within.
20. Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are…even if he has more education or in a better job.
21. Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less.
22. Never let a man define who you are.
23. Never borrow someone else’s man.
24. If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you.
25. A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.
26. All men are NOT dogs.
27. You should not be the one doing all the bending…compromise is a two way street.
28. You need time to heal between relationships. There is nothing cute about baggage… Deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.
29. You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you… a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals… look for someone complimentary. ..not supplementary.
30. Dating is fun…even if he doesn’t turn out to be Mr. Right.
31. Make him miss you sometimes… when a man always know where you are, and you’re always readily available to him - he takes it for granted.
32. Never move into his mother’s house.
33. Never co-sign for a man.
34. Don’t fully commit to a man who doesn’t give you everything that you need.
35. Keep him in your radar but get to know others.

i used to be so happy being on my own, alone.

stop divorces. ban marriage.

• my snout's on an operative trot and i can't catch up. my head hurts and my mind's an a-zoner. and this is what we call, a running nose
• i see a wedding. i see some rings. i saw monsters. i saw brides.
• my unofficial sick-leave-post-work-and-sans-medical-certification shopping trip helped me pick up a married-to-myself ring. it twas' a fruitful.
• i'm missin' little pepsi. i'm missin' P's little pepsi. actually, im thinkin' about P and i miss little pepsi.
• i've become so bad at writing a story i've started summarising everything.
• dear lord of the good heavens i love my new eyes
• last morning at work, i had 2 women tell me they love my hair. when i got to my third it sparked a fervently loveless need, so i embraced someone. love much?
• "you're always the sweeeeetest girl. i need to see you next week. and that is a promise" go sell your shite somewhere else

stolen from a difficult day

"you need a coupon to park your chair here. i am going to fine you 10 cents"

-the brother

they say that you're in love, when reality finally feels better than your dreams

last night i dreamt, that while over at my ex-lover ryry's i discovered he was secretly 30 years old, reared venomous phytons and had an adoptive malay for a mother.

multiple events later when i was home and asleep i woke up, still in my dream, to a text from chernie which stated that he really loved me before i spotted a burglar in the dark and outside my windows.

a very short song

Once, when I was young and true,

Someone left me sad—

Broke my brittle heart in two;

And that is very bad.

Love is for unlucky folk,

Love is but a curse.

Once there was a heart I broke;

And that, I think, is worse.

toys

thank you for cheating, please try again

once there was a wonderful man
who donned very luscious tresses
so bronze like golden glows
smooth-skinned like ochred porcelain

tall as he is handsome
strong as he is frank
handy as he is faraway
tasteful, sweet like chardonnay

intentful as he was attentive
fixed a broken laughter as he would a lamp
what makes him a dream,
in fact; perfects a tangible sham

what an unmannered gem

this wonderful man adored me
doted on me like a fool
cuddled me as one would a child
would run for me, if happiness was 22 miles

beam for me, my grace is costly
fly with me, my heart's for free
as cake is to its cream, as salt is to its sea
your puckered kisses, your wishful missus
pickled and prim, eleven years green

such a wonderful man,
you're not this wonderful man

but that's okay

i'll have my own drums to play with someday