Aberration (repost of old poem)

ABERRATION
Kit Undug


I pointed to the sky
And I saw a beach.
There were umbrellas
And sandcastles
And floating slippers

And people were happy, in that sea in the sky.


I pointed to the sea
And saw some clouds
They were white
And fluffy;
They were shaped like

Everything, those clouds in the sea.


I pointed to a tree
And I heard it speak.
“You’re imagining me," it said.
"I can’t talk.
I’m not even here.”
So I soaped my eyes
And brushed my ears.
But still it was there,

That talking tree.


I looked into your heart

And I saw love.

Lessons in Breaking Hearts

When you break someone's heart, you don't do it gently. There is no way of killing someone softly. Roberta Flack is a lying bitch.

When you break someone's heart, you don't do it slowly. You aim for the jugular and go for the quick kill. A quick and short dose of pain, however intense that pain may be, is always better than pain prolonged.

When you break someone's heart, make sure you don't come crawling back to that person, telling them you want them back. Don't let that person give you the chance to break them all over again.

When you break someone's heart, don't be a coward. Never treat your partner badly, with the aim of pushing them to be the one to break up with you. If you want out, man up and say it. Again, speed mitigates pain.

When you break someone's heart, don't tell them you're doing it because you love them. Look up "love" in a dictionary, and you'll see what I mean.