Elegy On Toy Piano Quotes

“When you are 70% sure, act /
because the other 30% is reserved for hope /
which is doubt turned upside-down.”
― Dean Young, Elegy On Toy Piano

“If the human soul is just a bright idea,
does that make it exist any less?”
― Dean Young, Elegy On Toy Piano

“One should like oneself between 60 and 80%.
Under 45%, one becomes an undertaking,
prone to eating disorders, public weeping,
useless for gift wrapping and relay races.
Over 85% means you are a self-involved bore
I don't care about your Nobel Prize in positrons
or your dogsled victories.
Of course there is great variance throughout the day.
You may feel 0% upon first waking
but that is because you do not yet know you exist
which is why baby studies have been a bust.
Then as you venture forth to boil water,
you may feel a sudden surge to 90%,
Hey I'm GOOD at boiling water!
which may be promptly counteracted by turning on your email.
It is important not to let variance become too extreme,
a range of 40% is allowable,
beyond that it is as great storms upon drought-stricken land, i.e., mudslides.”
― Dean Young, Elegy On Toy Piano

“Even in sleep, dreamily I leap
from the top stair to grab the arrow
about to pierce my father's chest.
I saved him I think for a moment
then the feeling, no, that isn't so.”
― Dean Young, Elegy On Toy Piano

“There are no ordinary feelings
just as there are no ordinary spring days
or kicked-over cans of paint. Are
feelings ever succinct? The haiku is quick
but its ripples to the horizon go.”
― Dean Young, Elegy On Toy Piano