Three Poems by Lucas Restivo

Manifestation is the whore of hope

Look Dale, I’m gonna level with you.
This isn’t looking great. But hope
rarely does, now does it, Dale? Tomorrow
will look like today, until it doesn’t
which is fine by me. And will be
for you too. Remember, there’s always
a catch, Dale. Especially the ones that promise
the opposite. Dale, you won’t get rich.
That’s for sure. Models won’t ensnare you
with pregnancy. You’ll be the kind of guy
who wears pants. Dale, remember the last time
and for good measure, the time before that.
Hope is the sugar baby of the soul. And Dale,
I won’t let you get taken for a sucker again.
Do you trust me, Dale? If I told you I got a great deal
on energy drinks, would you tell your family, Dale?
Dale, believe me, it’s over now. Labor is theft
and your soul is unemployed. What I mean to say is
today’s your last day here, Dale. Dale,
I’m sorry. This is a good thing. I don’t know
how to put this lightly. Think about God, Dale.
Think of His battles and the benefits
of another. Dale, there’s no easy way
to say this

What is happening

Outside, in the thinking world
thinking is happening.
Thinking is not happening.
Not all thinking is thought
the same. It’s my experience
that life is less this,
more that. It’s happening.
And you have to happen
too or else things
will not happen right
or happen poorly, and still
you don’t try to happen
at all, let alone think.
It just is and so are you
and whatever you’d like
to feel. It’s not like fear
or a great unknowingness,
it’s everywhere you go.
It’s what’s happening and people
not loving it, thinking all the while.
What can you do?
If the sun’s out, and you
happen like the sun,
if it’s the moon and so
are you, try not to think
so much about it.
Nothing is happening

What happened

I step into the road,
I get hit by car.
I don’t understand
the concept of traffic
because I don’t
understand traffic.
I was told nothing
happens. I told
that myself


If anyone has a lead on a remote job, Lucas isn’t picky. His IG/Twitter is @Louielibrary.

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