Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Schrödinger's Cat

Boy am I sick 
of the word
theoretically.

I have theoretical plans,
a theoretical life,
a world of theoretically 
endless possiblities,

which ultimately means
a world of nothing concrete.

At this point, my life
is in a box;
both limitless
and finite.

But, honestly,
I'm sick of having a 
carton of maybes.

Someone get me 
a fucking box cutter.

3 comments:

  1. Word. I so hear you on this one. I love the title - I totally freaked out a SUPER nerdy kid in one of my classes who was wearing a Shrodinger's Cat is alive shirt by making an intelligent reference to it. I think he didn't know a girl who wore makeup could do that. Anyway, this poem rocks my socks. Big love - and not like the tv drama.

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  2. I misread "word/theoretically" as "world/theoretically" and kind of like it better the way I misread it.

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  3. So, drastic rewrite suggestion, which is basically coming from the awesome work the title is doing:

    "At this point, my life
    is in a box.

    Someone get me
    a fucking box cutter."

    just a thought...

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