Poetry: Selections from Devin Rogan

The Short Version

i became

alive by accident

 

now i am

responsible for

this life!

!!

 

? It feels like when

someone asks you

to take a photo

 

of them

with their phone

and for a second

you imagine

dropping

it, breaking it

forever

then changing your

name

out of

mortification

OK See You Later

The world

wakes up

mad!!!

It remembers

evolution

is finite . . . .

this just makes it

more mad!!!

 

If you are faithful

to being alone

you are in good company

 

because so is the world

the world is alone

it is just itself and

Being alone

is what the world does best

Activate

A picture of the tooth fairy

May exist !

 

when we get better . . . .

Cameras !

 

I am just spit balling

On future technology here

 

(Relatedly Please let

there be

a future

filled with

magical properties

that will make up for any

discrepancies

between

what

is

and what

should

be)

Leaning on Something Soft

A wise notion

For life

is to be a goalie for a soccer team

And shrink your mind

and learn useful skills like goal keeping

 

Engage yourself

with a definite object

Let a psychic tell you

this is your destiny-

A soccer-based destiny

 

There are no rules in life

But there are in soccer

Conserving Energy

I

Recall the

Sandwiches instead

of

the conversation

but I still

Find the

moment ! more

beautiful than

the stupid charm of

Satisfaction (?)

 

(there will come

a time !!! when

this will be

useful

to

you)

Devin Rogan is the author of the novel, Habit. He is from North Carolina. His poems have been published in various places online. In his spare time he researches the intersection of philosophy and psychology.