I wrote "Stop Being Weird" in August and September of 2001. It's about weirdness. Well...stopping it anyway. Enjoy.
it’s not there
and finally
finally
you can think about
thinking again
so happy
you don’t feel anything
anymore
i'm so preposterous
i don't know if my mind
is clever enough
to make fun of me
without me knowing about it
there might be some
private jokes
between my right brain and my left brain
at my expense
for instance
i dreamt i
was riding my bike at 5 in the morning
between art rock gigs
very funny
these people aren't my fucking friends
i am on pause
please tell me
where is should bo
i am on pause to catch everybody
no one comes to me
please tell me
where i should be
there is only so much
of your antagonism
that i will suffer
these people aren't my fucking friends pt. 2
this is what i can handle
and this is what i have lost
thanks to you
please don't show me that picture
your picture brings with it
he/she is nothing a flake
they never do
nothing they say
they gonna do
appetite suppressants
now lay down richard
you feel that record skipping
in your head?
that’s your pulse
you feel that?
that’s your breathing
open up
wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win wake up and win
it was at her mom’s house
where i felt the most stillness
i had never known
such stillness before
even with the hum of the a/c
and the fan
i could feel every inch
of the driveway yard and road
nothing moved without me
knowing about it
at times
i could hear the dew forming
everything stopped when i strained
to listen to
my stomach knotted
to such stillness
THE END OF MACHO
thank god
no one has
to think like that anymore
or walk
or talk
loafers and no socks
can do
the old ways are over
throw like a girl
end of macho
thank god that's over
dude
Documentation
blur
i can only hope to imitate
and pretend that i helped
orchestrate this thing
i carry the camera
to sneak up on you
with hopes to capture
dreamy and prosperous
when it works
always works
video set to loop
audio in and out of sequence
look at that
architects need you
i need you
open eyed nap
i can't see to the end
the work is stupid
but easy
maybe that is why
they like me
so much
these shoes
are way too comfortable
they have
no arch support
and no traction
rip up the ceiling
pull down the lights
stop being weird
i think and believe
that what is best for me
is not pretending
that i understand
it looks better
from above
high above
also
if the world has to end today
now
it's okay
the ending ends
All of the written works presented on these pages are copyrighted by Richard Glenn Schmidt-2002.
