Back inside cover of journal #10, cry Wolf (1977) douglas brent smith
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Showing posts with label cry Wolf. Show all posts
secret dreams
so what if
your hair style
is three years
ahead
of the trends
and you will
not regard fashion
because we are
above and
beyond all that
caught between
generations
and
secret dreams
"your mustache
tickles,"
she said.
-- doug smith
a breath and a sigh
magic never mattered much
spells and incantations are
punchlines pounding air
barely worth a chuckle and
lately most of life stacks
a natural order and predictable
placid piecemeal wave
but
a breath and a sigh ago
in the warm night air
somewhere between the pause
of the sunset and
the promise of dawn
you touched me gently
recklessly upsetting all mystery
a promise no proper landing
dancing between knowing and
hiding in a never-land of
grins and giggles
shakes and surprises
dreams and desire
say,
maybe there is magic after all.
douglas brent smith
in need of a doctor
she held back her tears
as she told me the reason
she just could not hold me tonight
"i'm in need of a doctor
who does not ask questions
can you tell me a place to go?
and my body is trembling
from a night past remembering
and i don't want the family to know
"why does it happen it's my cross to bear?
i hear thru your silence -- you weren't even there
but i do need some help some how
"i know it's not unusual
it happens all the time
but it's so devastating
when the choice is mine..."
she refused to cry
as she ended the call
"i will find a way
to overcome it all..."
and never spoke of this again.
douglas brent smith
openers
universal bang it was a universal bang
it was a universal bang it was
a big bang
got to thinking about the nature of existance
and with a certain degree of persistence
i proceeded to untangle all the angles
that approach us
from the cosmic cloud encroaching us
all leading to the theory
that a weary sort of human
needs awakening acumen
to make sense of any reasoning
and weather all the seasoning
that's bound to blow right thru you
no matter what you do you
come up a little short and then
it slips right thru your hands again
it hasn't changed much to the aliens
deciding if we're enemies or friends
still hoping that we finally get the joke
universal bank it was a universal bang
it was a universal bang it was
a big bang.
douglas brent smith
Note:
from journal #10, cry Wolf (1977)
cry Wolf
here and gone and
here again the most
peculiar fleeing friend
you stay you go you
tell me so i know
it's sure it's what you name
it's all in how you play the game
but oh i wait here for your kiss
there's something that you should not miss:
cry wolf my
dear
and see what shows
the wolf
will
come
and i
will go.
douglas brent smith
Pie Out-Moded
Pie Out-Moded - sketch by douglas brent smith, from journal #10 cry Wolf (1977)
Note:
Another silly cartoon, drawn with a flair pen in a spiral bound notebook. That is a lot of ice cream.
A Safe Bet
A Safe Bet, sketch by douglas brent smith, from journal #10 cry Wolf (1977).
I was not much of a cartoonist, but that didn't stop me from occasionally trying. The joke here is basic and obvious and probably just came out of idle doodling.
A Slightly Sinister Creature
Sketch: A Slightly Sinister Creature - from journal #10 cry Wolf (1977).
Five Sketches in Search of a Hat
Five Sketches in Search of a Hat - from journal #10: cry wolf (1977)
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