WALKING ON THIN ICE

Lady K’s Why Do I Dream?

Why Do I Dream?
10 pgs, 3″ x 3″ closed, 6 1/4″ x 3″ open
Lady K Smith, 10.22.2010

Status Report 243

I think maybe I got through today
without making a fool of myself
but you never know
cuz donno who’s watching
what the rules are
how often they change
or who’s in charge
so this may have been a good day
one without too much damage
or not
it depends om who’s running the show
what the script said
who the advertisers are
how much they paid
and the size of the audience
it’s all expectation
versus ejaculation

– Smith, 10.21.2016

wet dreams

The Messenger Sent Out To Look Upon The World
4 pgs, 3 1/8″ x 2 7/8″ closed, 6 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ open
Lady K, 10.18.2016

Wet Dreams

Open window, night beyond
raindrops sluice the tree leaves
in soothing sound of sleep

– Smith, 10.19.2016

splatter rain thunder sky whoosh of wind

Are Received
4 pgs, 2 5/8″ x 2 7/8″” closed, 5 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ open
Lady K Smith, 10.15.2016

Status Report 241

Splatter rain falls
from thunder sky
in whoosh of wind
as lightning flies
waking me from sleep
to walk this why
of new day’s dream
versus old way’s lies

– Smith, 10.15.2016

And with this next poem, I’m caught up on the October poem-a-day Mary R. Weems, Wendy Shaffer, Celeste McCarty, Lady K, and I are engaged in (suggested by Mary).

It’s been a rough slog this month, the words and poems don’t want to come.

Philosophy 102

I find no answers
crunching through questions
to light this dark

Skin, size, shape, sex
merely starting point
not basic value

And I cannot understand
the indifference
money brings to the rich

But there are clues
the eyes
the look in, the see behind

And of course
there’s say
versus do

But basically
seems to be
mostly me versus you

– Smith, 10.16.2016

painting damask

Painting Damask by Lady K.
4 pgs, 3″ x 3 1/2″ closed, 6″ x 3 1/2 open

Black Ice

Late January
coming back from Snoetry 5
a 12-hour reading in Erie
three lady poets in the car
me driving
sun down
liquid ice falling from the sky
we enter 90 West to Cleveland
going 45 in a 70 zone
see two-car crash
and flashing lights ahead
I hit the brakes
the tires stop
the car doesn’t
we slide at same speed
silent on black ice
straight for crashed car
two backseat poets screaming
front seat poet talking serious
me thinking it’s simply too cold
and too far from Cleveland to crash
I slow turn the wheel to the right
and we gently slide right
just past the rear of the crash car
the screaming stops in amazement
but now we’re heading for the cop car
its top lights flashing NO NO
I gently turn the wheel left
and we slow slide left
between the front of the crashed car
and the rear of the police car
and go on down the road
in complete silence
ecstatic

– Smith, 10.14.2016

11 Lady handmade books

Crocheted Edgings of Yarn
8 pgs, 2 3/4″ closed x 3″ open 5 1/2″ x 3″
Lady K, 10.13.2016

Hand Maiden

Words and images
and fragmented scissored paper
make a poem about her around her
as she choose and glues
her handmade books
Little Verses for Very Little People
The Book of Familiar Things
The Book of Golden Deeds
Flowers of Two Worlds
The Mysterious Paper Purse
The Land of Thus-and-So
The Book of Wonder
How To Care for Tropical Fish
In Situ with Available Light
Where Sugar Comes From
and tonight’s
Crocheted Edgings of Yarn
so far for October

– Smith, 10.13.2016

whatever the lady wants

Where Sugar Comes From
8 pages, 2 3/4″ x 3″ closed, 5 1/2″ x 3″ open
Lady K. Smith, 10.11.2016

Poop Scoop

Turnpike exit sign sez:
Food Gas Lodging Starbucks

When did brand coffee join the Generic 3?

– Smith, 10.11.2016

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Conversation with Wife 29

Do you want a cashew cookie?
“No”
Do you want a pecan cookie?
“No”
Do you want one of both?
“NO, I’m dieting. You’re the devil”
Hey, you live with me, that’s what you get.
Want ice cream?
“No.”
How about a beer?
“NO!”
Some fried cat?
“Only if she’s breaded.”
Sorry, can’t breed her, she’s sterile.

“Nobody likes turnips.”
Why do we grow so many?
“In case there’s a war
so we’ll have something to eat.”
I was in a war once, Word War One
we had word rationing
could only use two verbs a day
and one gerund.

I aster but she wouldn’t answer.

What are you doing?
“Whatever I want.”
How come you get to do whatever you want?
“Because I’m the lady.”
And what’s the guy get to do?
“Whatever the lady wants.”

– Smith, 10.12.2016