You brought your avocados
and onions.
I bought the limes,
tomato,
and beer.
We shared it all,
along with the couch
and a sad story.
We talked of
far off places
and home,
and pulled a blanket over
us
for warmth
and comfort
and proximity.
Our bodies rested against
each other.
But I didn’t grab your hand.
I wouldn’t wrap my arms around you.
I don’t know if I should have.
But I just couldn’t.
how to use:
as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:
(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)
after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”
“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category
“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus
just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice