BlankaDay Collective: I know I've been phoning it in lately, but gimme a break, Mom & Dad are in town

Saturday, October 20, 2012

I know I've been phoning it in lately, but gimme a break, Mom & Dad are in town

My belly is big
sometimes it is hard
sometimes it is pokey
it's not made of lard

The rain coming down
must first hit the tree
and roll down a leaf
before splatting on me

I touched an old toy
that rang an old bell
inside my old mind
remembering well

My friends are so kind
they floor me with love
I can't even find
an unhappy thing.

2 comments:

UnknownOctober 22, 2012 at 10:49 AM
I'm impressed you keep managing to post, despite parents, pregnancy, parties and the rest. I think I owe you another dinner.

The last line makes me happy.
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The BlankaDay Collective is a supportive daily practice community for artists who could use a casual venue to keep them producing. Philosophically, this is the equivalent of morning pages, whether it's morning sketches or morning poems or morning comics or morning photos or plays or videos--the primary thing is to get work out there in the world daily, not to worry too much about quality, and to check in on each other to keep each other going.

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