Philosophy 152
You know you are doing something right
when the purring gets louder
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Philosophy 153
Fire, bone music, stories
the whence from which we came
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Philosophy 154
We wake in pain
to feathered flesh
that never will arrive
~
Philosophy 155
Man is a pile of dirt minus one rib,
a sloppy eater that needs a bib,
a hunk of meat devouring itself,
mostly lower shelf.
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Philosophy 156
Sometimes look in the word bucket
and it’s empty
sometimes full but all messed up
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Philosophy 157
It’s the process
not the end point
that’s the point
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Philosophy 158
Do what you can
with what you get
~
Philosophy 159
It’s all fluid
a big flexible water whorl weighed with hook
and bite of tooth and claw
~
Philosophy 160
The face in the mask is
alas
peeking through
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Philosophy 161
Whatever the while
Do your best
And offer a smile
To prime the rest
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Philosophy 162
Well crack my bred
spread my jam
in this jelly place of am
~
Philosophy 163
Wrinkles are the face’s wealth
we iz what we iz and that’s all yam am.
~
Philosophy 164
Drink my tea, smoke my dope
Shuck this patriarchal collar rope
Get to work on help and hope
– Smith, 8.29.2017