I would tell you that diamonds are made out of pressure, but what happens if a diamond comes under pressure more than once?
I would tell you that stars can't shine without darkness, but you do realize that stars also require hydrogen and nuclear fusion, right?
I would tell you that the sky's the limit, but what gives me the right to say you can't go to space?
I would tell you that you've turned my world upside-down, but all the blood rushing to my head is starting to sting my eyeballs.
I would tell you that you give me butterflies in my stomach, but they actually make me feel sick inside. Ew.
I would tell you that I love you with all that I've got, but I've got nothing, nothing except a bleeding heart, but because the heart's actual function within the human respiratory system is to pump blood, not create it, it would be factually incorrect.
So I would tell you that yes, I have nothing but a heart.
And I would tell you that I love you with all of that thing, all of my heart, but to be frank about it, my butt is bigger.
I would tell you how I feel, using those shitty, cliché analogies above,
I would, but my feelings, unlike all this greeting card bullshit, is actually pretty raw. It's original. It's mine. And therefore it's politically incorrect.
Because, you are a carbon-based life form that does not require molecular gastric activity in outer space in order to be bright.
You make my blood boil,
You make me sick.
And yes, I do have a heart, but I only have a heart, and it's not enough,
So,
I would have to say,
I love you with all my butt.
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2015: Let's Pretend I Know What I'm Doing
PoetryFor this year, I bring 2015: Let's Pretend I Know What I'm Doing, a compilation of less serious poetry that's a little more upbeat, and maybe even slightly comedic.