When I have found myself 
Inordinately angry
Over a little situation 
In an otherwise unblemished day
I also find that a Reese’s cup
Or a cuddle with my dog
Or a glass of wine
Or losing myself in a book
Is a successful method
Of moving past it

But when I have caught a liar
-No matter how small-
And plan confrontation
Nothing settles me 
Until I have brought matches
And kindling 
And kerosene
And dynamite 
And lit the fuse
And watched you burn
Hopefully it comes with
A volcanic explosion 
Because I find those
Very satisfactory 
But I will appease myself with blisters

Do not cross
An Irish temper
With an overly caffeinated Gemini
Who has already had it
With dinging phones
And snot sniffers
And pure laziness
And renters who don’t know their address
Or how to park
Or to wear pants
When it’s fifty degrees
And the wind’s whipping
And there’s snow on the mountain

Do not mistake my friendliness 
For kindness
Or familiarity 
For friendship 
Do not think
Because I listen
I care
And if you lie
Say goodbye
To anything more
Than detached professionalism 
Because it is blatant disrespect 
That made you tell me
An untruth
And you think
That I am stupid 
As you are
No lie is insignificant 
Because if you’ll tell a tiny one
For no good reason
Then you’ll lie 
About important things
And if you’ll lie
You’ll steal
And now I know 
Everything I already did

Love and zero tolerance from Appalachia,

~Amy

P.s. there really truly is snow on the mountain!! I TOLD you it was cold yesterday!

P.ps. I forgot to include a poem from a real poet. So here ya go, from my favorite songwriter, Sturgill Simpson ❤️😍😍😍😍😍

Well that label man said son now can you sing a little bit more clear
Your voice might be too genuine and your song’s a little too sincere
Can you sing a little more about outlaws and the way things used to be
He told me you just worry about writing them songs leaving everything else to me

Daddy was a Highwayman but he never wrote any old country songs
Papaw never stayed out raising hell til the break of dawn
But he raised a proud coal miners daughter and I’m proud to be her son
She told me boy I don’t care if you hit it big, cause you’re already #1

That’s the way it goes in this day & age
You ain’t gotta read between the lines you just gotta turn the page
Well the most outlaw thing that I’ve ever done was give a good woman a ring
But that’s the way it goes, life ain’t fair and the world is mean

Well I still got the wife and the dog but I swapped the truck out for a van
Gonna hit the road find the end of that long white line in the promise land
Won’t hear my song on the radio cause that new sounds all the rage
But you can always find me in a smokey bar with bad sound and a dim lit stage

https://youtu.be/L1ntJzX6Zcg?si=z1PS2kPyILiSzd4D ~for your listening pleasure ~