Bad Asses

“I was glad I wasn’t in love, that I wasn’t happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.” -Henry Chinaski, ‘Women’

“I’ve reached the point

where I want to throw out

all the shit, all the things

which aren’t important.,

I think for the first time

I want to try and

be happy” I told her;

she held my hand;

“it’s much easier

to be miserable in life

than to be happy,

to be happy requires

an effort, it requires

hard work” she said,

“it requires that you

take a risk;”

I knew she was right,

all the things

she had been through

as a child

had taught her this

better than I

or any teacher

ever could;

there are enough

bad asses in the world,

enough cruelty and darkness;

I am tired of

trying to be one.

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