~Quodlibet (I-IV)~
By WordWulf, 2nd Apr 2011 | Follow this author
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“home of the most dangerous writers alive” ~ Frank Winters awarded me the Marija Cerjak Award in Avant-garde/Experimental writing for this piece ~ I didn’t make it to the whiskey bar to meet him ~ wonder where he went ~ where they go ~ whiskey men & night riders ~
~Quodlibet (I-IV)~
~I. Dead End Traffic~
Friday afternoon; it is a long drive home
woman on the telephone
dead animal in a pickup truck
stiff legs pointing wrong way up
driven by an eater of venison into the open
trapped at once
maybe she’s talking to her man
sure as hell can’t drive
that thing is stuck to her face
could be she’s trying to talk it off
ain’t no free rides in a land of gypsies
~II. Uncles & Ants~
this city rises up
his wife is asleep in the trunk
too many reasons to leave her
it swallows people whole
generations are lost
dinosaurs tripping on ants
where do the little people go
sometimes you just want to live in the hills
make a pile of dirt and crawl on inside
we can pretend we is white folks
we got a history of uncles
sisters hanging from trees
~III. Bone-deep/Alone~
whom seeks to please everyone
fails miserably in due course
embraces an ultimate failing
possibly loss of self
and that wandering peace
becomes a tone, a whimper
a sounding of bone-deep
who am I kidding
what if we are found alone
the tiniest bit of wanting
verification of goodness
finally okay to be this way
such are all roads leading home
~IV. The Working Girl~
this woman seize portrait
a grain a cross the beach sand of life
legs apart, she sweeps them up
no single click-flash-click
what amounts to portfolio
years spent and minutes passed
nice work; what do you do for money?
are we any less prostitute
prices fixed and wares displayed
selling whistles and paper airplanes
mortgaged asses in a sling
they are pimped to mediocrity
those whom judge the working girl
~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
~Howling Dog Press/Omega~
~Mirage~
~Desired Height~
~Of Lips, Mother, & Wine~
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3rd Apr 2011 (#)
'whom seeks to please everyone fails miserably', this hits me so hard. I just had a conversation with my adult daughter last night about this very thing. I asked her to listen to the me now on how I would of done things at her age (in her 20's) if I had known then what I know now and that would have been...
You have to take time out for yourself, you need to make yourself content and things around you will fall in place. Stop trying to please all and take some krys time. She said she would and I hope she does. I am going to have to get back to this page and read it again, I just keep honing in on that one line. Funny how that happens. Thank you for sharing.:)
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3rd Apr 2011 (#)
It is frustrating to watch ones children go through tough times when the answer is there right in front of them. Sometimes trying to talk them through it is like tossing mud at a wall, hoping a bit of it sticks. My youngest daughter is like that, has to go through and experience the pain herself. Good luck!
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