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...and they lived happily ever after. Smith & Lady: poets, artists, photographers & adventurers.
Our relationship was forged to the soundtrack of Yoko Ono's magic,
frenetic, love-laden song, "Walking On Thin Ice." ( play song )
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Archive for November, 2017
Saturday, November 25th, 2017
Hands clasped over bewildered head
bent no’ing over the wiped and weathered tableau
which bore its fresh risen bread within the
brand name of the United States
The ten commandments
read off a carton of Pall Mall’s,
sheriff’s medal is mine; ours
immigrants pearling barb wire
irritation immured in the
intimate knowledge of
cowboy stories wandering
native goldenrod
Auntie Em’s fence stands in
remnant against the opaque puff
of redoubled dough
Hoping for a mandalic order of lace edges,
a November drive through the charming chaos
of Grandma Moses’ quilt
A blue torn paper sky
cracker white lining
sun down red
Amnesty prayer flag
clapboard, paint and picket fence
pretty
~ Lady
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

Me
Just cuz a field’s been picked
don’t mean it’s empty
I ain’t got much left to leak
getting low on go
Losing meek but moving too slow
to win end-ribbon treat
Just cuz you don’t want to
don’t mean you shouldn’t
Looking through the recipe book
to see how I measure up
Either an empty or half-full cup
depending on how you look
Just cuz it is
don’t mean it is
– Smith, 11.22.2017

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Monday, November 20th, 2017

Master Plan 2
I got through today.
That’s my long term goal these daze –
to get through the day.
Used to be fame and fortune.
Now it’s getting from sleep to sleep
without being a creep
to others
to earth
to me.
Somewhat easier
sez the unknown poet
with the no bank account.
– Smith, 11.20.2017

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Saturday, November 18th, 2017

Ritual Rebirth
First stroke – cannabis toke
second service – sip of caffeine
third – toke
fourth – sip
again
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
Gear engaged
cog converging
fog of wisp away
Now we wait for sun to rise
as today’s game begins again
in seep of yesterday’s weep
– Smith, 11.18.2017

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Wednesday, November 15th, 2017

Frayed Strings
The soundtrack without sound
in a movie never made
The apple of the paring
for the pie that wasn’t baked
The scratch of itch not coming
after sneeze aborts in air
The weight of daily drubbing
knowing fair is never fair
Final stride at end of day
which began with one at dawn
The learning from your “betters”
that you’re not even pawn
Looking in the morning mirror
hoping not to see an ass
The pocket ever empty
weighing wallet’s minus mass
– Smith, 11.15.2017
Have a poem published yesterday on John Grochalski’s WINEDRUNK SIDEWALK: SHIPWRECKED IN TRUMPLAND — https://winedrunksidewalk.blogspot.com/2017/11/day-two-hundred-and-ninety-nine.html

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Monday, November 13th, 2017

Bone Hole
You have a house,
its floor may be dirt, wood,
tile, concrete, glass, or higher class,
and if there are walls
they may be solid
may be holey
your might-be roof
or might-not-be roof
may work
may drip
or leak light
and there’s too much to do
too many knot-wads
so you start on locks,
and windows, and rugs,
and furniture, and mortgages,
and driveways
yet you don’t know the neighbors,
can’t nip your own nubs
as you run to not fall
hopimg future’s failure annulls
you can make it better
you can make it worse
the glory’s yours, so’s the curse
– Smith, 11.13.2017

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Thursday, November 9th, 2017

Sisyphus at the Psychiatrist
So many rocks to rock and roll
there’s the rent rock
the car rock
the food rock
the cut and fix the flesh rock
the skin color rock
the bully rock
the cock rock
talk rot
mock rock
race rock
and of course the ought not rock
so I wake at night,
cry for missing mommy Entropy
and dead daddy Doubt,
mess my bed with wet of sweat
from cultural courted stress
more or less moralless,
and rage at rock
as I false
rekindle hope of besting slope.
– Smith, 11.9.2017

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Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Conversation with Wife 39
Wife comes in looking for scissors and twine.
What are you searching for?
“I need to truss the bird.”
You can’t trust birds, they’re foul.
What’s the controversy with Porgy & Bess?
“It’s seen as white guy condescendence.”
Is that where dew collects on flowers?
“No, that’s condensation.”
Like a person becoming famous?
“That’s sensation.”
Oh, original sensation! The Garden of Eden!
“You never stop, do you?”
– Smith, 11.7.2017

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Monday, November 6th, 2017

Sisyphus Prime
In dark before dawn
clutching cup of hot black coffee
poised between was and will
not quite is
licking wounds
weighing pain
seeing how much grass is left
to ease me through
the three reals of time
before the rock
during the rock
after the rock
and as always
the hill
the rise
the mountain
the sweat unsweet
doing today yesterday
tomorrow today
now now
now being walk to work
push up hill
drag back home
to repeat unnecessary
serial solar recycle
– Smith, 11.6.2017

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Saturday, November 4th, 2017

Status Report 260
Goals?
I got goals:
Wake, get through day,
make it to tomorrow
Without too much sorrow
to myself, earth, or others.
Once walked for fame,
worshipped fortune,
Now simply thankful I’m not lame
or hardened.
Though am sad and weary,
cynica,l leery,
Yearn to leap sleep to sleep
without the weep of wake.
But there’s a silver lightning,
I keep wife’s stress from tightening,
And hold her when she wobbles,
am her favorite bauble.
– Smith, 11.4.2017

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