Eric Delp
109: Wherein Blind Optimism Is One of Dawson's Faults Along With Tiresome Romanticism
there's some vacancy i'm looking to fill /
in the hopes that you might respond /
no judgment no questions asked /
oh please
spirit cookies after every game
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I only asked because I was / escapist
if you want reality look out the window /
the year that you and I came into high school /
he won me a stuffed frog at coney island
one way to get rid of a lie is to make it the truth
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now there's no more excuses there's no one else / talking
long after the person i'm trying to impress has lost all interest /
remember you know exactly what it was /
why would you even ask me
she's talking on the phone who's she talking to
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i never believed it you know /
i don't have a good angel / there's
so much i want to tell you / oh
my heart bleeds
holiness now
there's some vacancy i'm looking to fill /
in the hopes that you might respond /
no judgment no questions asked /
oh please
spirit cookies after every game
\\\
I only asked because I was / escapist
if you want reality look out the window /
the year that you and I came into high school /
he won me a stuffed frog at coney island
one way to get rid of a lie is to make it the truth
\\\
now there's no more excuses there's no one else / talking
long after the person i'm trying to impress has lost all interest /
remember you know exactly what it was /
why would you even ask me
she's talking on the phone who's she talking to
\\\
i never believed it you know /
i don't have a good angel / there's
so much i want to tell you / oh
my heart bleeds
holiness now
111: Wherein Dawson Is So Oblivious
from now on everything is going to be one big epic romance
tortured and passionate / letters
and phone calls / after what happened last time /
i don't lust after
you like a spirit goddess
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the ending was definitely not happy it wasn't even tragic it just ended /
i don't want you crossing me off any more of your lists /
you think stuff like that never happens but then it always does /
the world is a safe and happy place
and dark was very reminiscent of
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out of the closet snakes some bloody / comes
in contact first in notes and phone calls / the killer
collects hearts okay they don't
talk about / the knife in her purse
so that you're always on guard
\\\
find a better heart mine's / no midnight
séance no corpses / what note
what phone call / don't you remember
what happened
for awhile i thought i might go out to hollywood
from now on everything is going to be one big epic romance
tortured and passionate / letters
and phone calls / after what happened last time /
i don't lust after
you like a spirit goddess
\\\
the ending was definitely not happy it wasn't even tragic it just ended /
i don't want you crossing me off any more of your lists /
you think stuff like that never happens but then it always does /
the world is a safe and happy place
and dark was very reminiscent of
\\\
out of the closet snakes some bloody / comes
in contact first in notes and phone calls / the killer
collects hearts okay they don't
talk about / the knife in her purse
so that you're always on guard
\\\
find a better heart mine's / no midnight
séance no corpses / what note
what phone call / don't you remember
what happened
for awhile i thought i might go out to hollywood
These poems are from a series based on season one of "Dawson's Creek." Each poem consists entirely of lines from its respective episode.
Eric Delp is a writer and poet from St. Petersburg, Florida. Currently living in Oxford, Mississippi, he is an MFA candidate in poetry at Ole Miss. Like all reasonable Dawson's Creek fans, he ships Joey with Pacey.
Eric Delp is a writer and poet from St. Petersburg, Florida. Currently living in Oxford, Mississippi, he is an MFA candidate in poetry at Ole Miss. Like all reasonable Dawson's Creek fans, he ships Joey with Pacey.
