Dream It Was Crazy (revisited 2013)

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Dream? It Was Crazy - 2013

Some new-ish music.

A Poem

When I Walk

When I walk I pick up little objects

Rusted washers, old square nails, metal parts

that have been run over so many times

they have become a shape

bullets, an odd piece of wood,

pretty rocks

I used to bring my grandma a pretty rock from each

of my travels

Stripey granite from the Rockies

Stripey granite from the Alps

Fossils and quartz found near

Black flint and red sandstone found afar

Collected with the othering offerings

Brought by everyone and herself

And then, without her curating

The collection dwindled and dispersed

In the alleys I find the rusted things

Skins shaped by the traveled open ground

I had someone to bring them to

Offer them from my pocket every morning as I returned

Now they collect here

Unappreciated

But by me

Waiting to be dispersed.

Day of the Dead Art 6,7, and 8.

Day of the Dead Art

The Old Purse

Despite its silly names
And accompanying misogynistic/homophobic jokes
"Murse," "Man Purse," "Fag Bag"
It has carried the stuff I don't want
  to stick in my pockets
Because it's bad
  to sit on a wallet
And I want my phone,
  my notepad, my little camera,
  my tire gauge, my pens, my miniature tripod,
  my checkbook, my reading glasses, my loose change, and that wallet
handy.
I rarely have enough pockets for all this stuff
  that I need regularly, that I use.
Where else can I throw those extra screws when I'm done with a job?
Not in my pocket because inevitably they will poke me in the groin.
And a little room left over for a snack, found object, measuring tape, carpenter's pencils
But it is worn out.
The strap is frayed.
The corners are frayed.
The cloth at the straps is frayed.
And she gave it to me.
Occasionally I remember that.
Another little stab of pain.
So it is finally time.
I can never remove everything from the world that we shared in some special way.
There are other things she gave me
  that I will eventually replace
But I can burn this old purse now
  and replace it.
Maybe with a courier bag.