There's Still Time

There's still time
    to surprise me,
    to show up randomly at my door
    and pledge yourself
        to the revolution
        and to me,
    to don your old heroic gear
        and enter the battle
        once more,
    to open up your mouth
        and say no
        to the things that need
        to be said no to,
    to stand up,
    to fight for love,
    to reach for other humans,
    to be brave,
    to open your heart.


-Jim DuBois
Jan 28, 2011

Return of the Slacker - The Book

I made a book out of the last three years of this blog, and you can get a copy, which contains all 182 entries, as well as a color print on the cover of a painting I made. It's really fun to have.

Get a copy here

Sweetheart

I hear the footsteps
  of my sweetheart
ascending the steps
  of our building

Now, all I have to do
  is meet her


-Jim DuBois
March 13, 1998

Soft and Tender Love Stories

-Jim DuBois,
c 2003

The Enemy of Imagination

He was the enemy of imagination,
you couldn't draw him,
or even imagine what he looked like.

Whenever you would try,
you just saw images like grey fog at twilight
and a foot disappearing behind a door.


-Jim DuBois
Dec 14, 2003

Undercover

Under cover of
the wild birds
singing at dawn,
I can't ever be
who I used to be,
anymore.


-June 18, 2006

Doubt

Waves of doubt wash over me
as I lie next to you
trying to sleep.

Will I ever show you
this poem?


-Jim DuBois
June 25, 2006