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Two poems by Yosh

hook, line and smoke

I just flicked this cigarette
all the way over the wall
and into the courtyard
of the property across the way.

it was totally reaction
as I was writing,
yet I promised a woman
just yesterday, that I wouldn’t
do that anymore.

I feel bad now
and wish I had
a cigarette fishing pole.

I guess I could
go down there
jump the wall
and get it myself.

I don’t think I will though
because its not about
that one cigarette

its about giving myself
a little grief
write a brief
poem about it
or something
in order to move towards
a change in I behavior

because

1. I understand
2. I promised
3. The only reason I did it
was because it was easy.


tickets are good

the global perspective is so important
as we grow to learn the world
from our diapers and cribs

and slowly we realize
its not just a crib
and not just a room
and not just a house
and not just a neighborhood
not just a town
not just a city...

not just I.


Yosh is 26 and lives in Los Angeles, CA. He has published 18 poems from his collection, "Confessions of an 80s Mediachild", in various print and e-magazines. Most of his work focuses on media and the self, including "Headphones Jones", "Sell Fish", "Chip In My Shoulder", "This or That", "Cheescake" and "Doctrine of Compensation". You can write to him at Yoshmail@aol.com

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