: mason jars like canopic jars
sitting dusty on the counter –
captured memories and regrets
tapping at the lid .
nervous tics , stuttered remarks –
but not the brain
and never the heart .
the artist is the child
who hasn’t taken off for college yet
late bloomers
still don’t know who they are
so write it out ,
write it out –
and how are you now ?
kaleidoscope kids
rattle their own brains ,
searching for value
in fluid characters ,
constantly one step
behind the cataract
[ he’s still suckling from mommy
she hands him a fifty
and wishes him
i n d e p e n d e n c e ]
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written w22sep2011.
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idiography 