u r getting sleepy – foto Smith
If there is a solution,
Then what need is there for dejection?
If there is no solution,
Then what is the point in dejection?
— Shantideva, eighth-century Indian Buddhist monk
Worry Wart
Worry is a weary wheel
which wears you down
juggling future lance
with will and won’t
and why not knots
predating date
preclimbing time
predancing
before the music starts
before the band is hired
before the song is written
before the whistle works
Worry is the wanton wastrel
whittling away while with why
when where and when are worthy
Worry whacks now with later
whores wit with wait
wets wow with whoa
Worry is the wuss what wins
the waste that warbles
unwonders the was
wilts the will
Worry’s won’t
woe’s wail
– Smith, 2010
Woe’s wail – foto Smith