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          | Saturday, June 05, 2004 
 Laur @ 1:24 PM
 listening to The Juliana Theory
 
 I threw a baseball at a window
 (the window of opportunity)
 and it shattered
 with a sound that scared
 the living daylights out of
 my ambition.
 
 You told me never
 to make a practice out of settling
 for less,
 but the day you left
 is the day my standards
 dropped
 below the earth's surface.
  Thursday, June 03, 2004 
 Laur @ 10:25 PM
 listening to Achilles Heel by Toploader
 
 not sure about this
 sitting on the raft of summer (no paddles)
 lazily rolling along
 with you
 and without you
 
 she dips her feet in the water
 casually
 as if she knows what she's doing (she does)
 and is comfortable doing it (she is)
 
 you're watching her bare legs
 
 it's enough to make you give her
 real
 conversation
 
 my jeans are rolled up to just under my knees
 right over my ankles
 as i sit cross-legged and composed
 
 it's enough to make you give me
 an ounce of notice
 acknowledgement enough
 to keep me hanging on
 
 not sure about this
 are you attached to your seat beside her?
 i want to pry you off
 sit you next to me
 
 but have a feeling
 i'd fall off the raft in the process
 
 
  Tuesday, June 01, 2004 
 Laur @ 10:29 PM
 in class today
 
 Too many books on the shelf--
 it's as if you learned too much too quickly
 which is strange
 because the first time i met you
 I thought you knew everything
 and this is the 2nd time I've been to your house.
 
 So tell me,
 why so much newfound knowledge?
 When did you have time
 to expand your horizons?
 
 "You pay too much attention to details," you say
 and switch on the TV.
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