Man

Ned Vizzini

Part of me wants to break up with you
Because you won't get out of bed
Part of me wants to keep you in bed
And break you open slowly
Like a wishbone

Help me decide
I'm told that a man can't have it both ways


© Ned Vizzini 2007

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Ned Vizzini is the author of It's Kind of a Funny Story ("insightful and utterly authentic" -- New York Times Book Review ), Be More Chill, and Teen Angst? Naaah.... His work has been honored by the American Library Association, BookSense, and the New York Public Library and has been translated into five languages (forthcoming in Chinese). He lives in Brooklyn, NY.