#jared singer

never wanted to kill myself. I have always believed that life is a gift. Sometimes it’s a gift you don’t want, an itchy sweater you wish you could return. I have never wanted to kill myself, but I have wanted to die. Prayed for it. Jared Singer is an audio engineer and poet. His performances can be found at Button Poetry.  He is the author of Forgotten Necessities and Forgive Yourself These Tiny…

Dear Sarah, I'm sorry, We have to get a divorce I know, that seems like a really odd way to start a love letter But let me explain, It's not you— It's definitely not me It's just human beings don't love as well as insects do I love you far too much to let what we have Be ruined by the failings of our species I'm going to leave you now, while I still remember you fondly I saw the way you looked at the waiter last night I know you would never do anything—you never do But I saw the way you looked at the waiter last night

Did you know that when a female fly accepts the pheromones put off by a male fly, It rewrites her brain Destroys her receptors for pheromones Sensing the change, the male fly does the same When two flies love each other, They do it so hard that they can never love anything else ever again If either one of them dies before procreation can happen, Both sets of genetic code are lost forever. Now that, is dedication.

After I broke up with Elizabeth, We spent three days trying to divide all of the things that we had ever bought together Like if I knew which pot was mine, Like if I knew which drapes were mine, Somehow the pain Would go away

After two praying mantises mate, The nervous system of the male begins to shut down While he still has control over his motor functions, He flops onto his back, offers his soft underbelly up to his lover Like a gift She then proceeds to lovingly, so lovingly, Dice him into tiny cubes, spooning every morsel into her mouth She wastes nothing, even the exoskeleton is devoured. She does this, so that when their children are born, She has a first meal to regurgitate to feed them Now that, is selflessness. I could never do that for you