Fish
Approaching the shore
our three cats in carriers
on the back seat
she begins to ask them
do you smell the fish
we approach the toll plaza
do you smell the fish
I'm sniffing at the air
I smell no fish
I ask her
what are you talking about
do you smell fish
no
but the cats should
there are fish in the ocean
right
right
so the cats should be able
to smell the fish
with their heightened sense of smell
don't you think the cats can smell them
A.D.D.
Someone once asked me
what is the meaning
to all of this what is
the real meaning of life
I told them
there is none
there is no meaning of life
it's all the same
it's always been the same
shit flying around forever
and it never changes
never has never will
but we humans all
to the last of us have
A.D.D. attention deficit
disorder
so every day all this same old shit
seems like something new
Words For Words' Sake
Just watched a documentary on poets
interesting
have heard the same from painters
other art type makers
and musicians
they all got constipated diatribes
intellectual explanations
for what they've done or what
they do
an insecurity that I find sad
an insecurity
a fear that what they've made isn't enough
to do IT on its own
they feel the need to explain
the nothing of what they've done
of what they do
grow some balls and just make it
and let it live without a chaperone
Ghost
Gus said he is the ghost
who for years
has protected
someone with mental
and
emotional defects
kept him from losing
his mind completely
pulled him back
from the edge
repeatedly over the years
time and time
and time again
pulled him out
of the dark of depression
pulled him back
away from suicide
pulled him away
from the constraints
of convention
infused him with energy
to keep moving forward
showed him enough light
to help him
almost smile once in a while
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