Friday, March 15, 2013

From Afar



I bet your ass
Looks better than it tastes.
I bet your booty
Ain't near as great

As I imagined it
Within my mind.
Within these walls
You were so divine.

Boobs ain't much more
Than bags of fat
And I bet your personality
Falls so flat

When things don't go
The way you like
I bet you're nasty
And pick a fight.

I bet you're not actually
All that sweet
And if we personally
Ever did meet

I'd find you ordinary
And plain
3.5 billion
I bet you're all the same.

I bet you're not actually
At all unique
'n unfamiliarity's
What makes you chic

And if I got
To know you a bit
I'd find you're actually
an odious ...

When no one's looking
I bet you're oh so dour
And I bet your kisses
Taste so so sour

From far away
You dazzle, that's certain
But I bet you're really
Quite boring in person

I bet you're not
interesting at all
I bet you hate
each word of this scrawl

I bet you really
Didn't fall from stars
And I dreamt you better
Than you actually are.

Together, I bet
We wouldn't last that long.
And I bet you absolutely
Hate this song

I bet your ass
Looks better than it tastes
If I got to know you,
I bet you're not that great

I dreamt you better
Than you actually are.
That's why I prefer you
From afar.

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Before you lynch me: an explanation.  When it comes to attraction, I notice there's quite a disparity.  When we first see or meet or get involved with someone, we imagine all the good things about them.  It even seems our biology is wired to make us drunk and thinking the other person walks on water.  But experience (and ex-girlfriends) show that eventually we sober up, and even worse, the relationship sours.  The same person who could do no wrong, can now do no good.  Did the person change, or did the high wear off?

So then it occurred to me, what if we assumed the worst and not the best about a person upon meeting them? And then I wrote this... this sonnet, or anti-sonnet actually, to scratch the record, a splash of cold water on the face.

Okay, now you can go ahead and string me up.  Thank you for your patience.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 19, 2013 at 3:55 PM

    I think it's brilliant and oh-so-true. Kudos on having the courage to share this.

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    1. ObiMarch 19, 2013 at 4:05 PM

      Thanks! I really started not to post this after I finished it. (Maybe others would say, I should've gone with that feeling)

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  2. ClaudiaMarch 19, 2013 at 4:29 PM

    it can be exactly like this and it can be 100% in the other direction as well..so...smiles...

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  3. Brian MillerMarch 19, 2013 at 5:05 PM

    ha. i hear you.
    it is a real test of love to have to spend time with one another to the point of being able to see beyond the glitz that attracts us...and then we know if it is real or not...its a fun creative take on it...i like...

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  4. UnknownMarch 20, 2013 at 3:41 AM

    It's easy to love someone's good qualities, but it's loving and working with their negative qualities that makes all the difference. I really enjoyed the read - thanks.

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  5. hyperCRYPTICalMarch 20, 2013 at 6:41 AM

    There is only one way to find out...

    Anna :o]

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  6. Mark ButkusMarch 20, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    I feel like I'm in a sweaty nightclub.
    Cheers,
    Mark Butkus

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  7. Tracy Kuhn GreenleeMarch 21, 2013 at 10:51 AM

    i laughed at this rant because i too find so many boring...wayt o put humor into it and make it last...thank you, cheers

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