23 Wishes
I wish I was handsome.
I wish I was rich.
I wish my ex wife
wasn’t a bitch.
I wish I had more money.
I wish I had more sex.
I wish the steps weren’t rotting
on my back deck.
I wish I wasn’t suicidal.
I wish I wasn’t crazy.
I wish my higher power
wasn’t so lazy.
I wish I had more weed.
I wish I could drink.
I wish the pen on my nightstand
had more ink.
I wish women loved me.
I wish someone loved me.
But most of all
I wish you loved me.
I wish you would read
something I wrote
the way you used to
before I broke.
I wish my life
had a little less dying.
I wish my nights
weren’t spent jerking off and crying.
I wish people would read
my poems and books.
I wish our politicians
weren’t all crooks.
I wish people didn’t suck.
I wish someone cared.
I wish the face in the mirror
wasn’t so scared.