Unlearned

There are things about my mother,
Ones I never understood,
Sometimes I hated
But always waited
Until a time I knew I could

Some things about my mother
I could never understand
when she cried
why she cried
my hand now rests upon her hand

Those things about my mother
Are now heavy on my mind
it's not enough
can't say too much
Those words my lips can't find.

The Apple

"I really don't see the point in it. Just think! Garden garden garden garden garden, two happy people, and it could have gone on forever! They knew, they'd been told, but they ate it anyway, and from there on out, family! Shame, fear, jobs, mortality, envy, murder..."

"Well," Willaim said brightly, "and sex... In fact, you could look at both family and mortality simply as byproducts of sexual reproduction."

--From the short story "Some Other, Better Otto" by Deborah Eisenberg

Clothing: Optional

"From the start, one is trained not to take off your clothes in front of complete strangers. Keeping one's clothes on is actually the number one rule for civilization. Even a duck or a bear looks civilized when clothed."
--From the short story "Something that Needs Nothing" by Miranda July

I dont know why... but this made me laugh out loud when I read it :)