collage by douglas brent smith
Notes:
"Who do you mean to be upside down?"
"You'll know."
"Are YOU upside down or is the dictionary to be upside down and how am I going to read it that way?"
"In a relative sense, it's all your choice."
"I thought so. You don't know."
"That's your choice, too."
"Isn't that YOUR choice?"
"Also true."
we touch upon
the wheel's edge
admiring and yearning
for the endless turning
we speak about
the zen of when
the hollow meets
the solid road
but space unending
ends unanswered
the endless questions
of the snow
change the motion of our plans
touch me with your steady hands.
-- douglas brent smith
what i really hate is
waiting twelve minutes for the bus
and watching someone who's
only waited one minute squeeze
onto the bus ahead of
the rest of us
what i also hate is being the sixth person in line
when they open a new line
and the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth
people get ahead of me
small problems, yes
still aggravating i guess
like an endless trip
a relentless drip
stop! pause! stay here because:
what i really love is
knowing that i am loved
and living in that love
and with so much love
what else matters?
-- douglas brent smith
Deconstructing The Early Projections -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1994
the room changes
they enter
eyes turn heads turn new flows
over flow
a truly eccentric person looking
perfectly normal
now
we rely on that
until
that ready - steady rock - solid
presence presents change
smiling at you: in on it
lifting a secret door as
we wonder how do they know?
touching every single person
in the room
on the arm on the shoulder on the
top of the head on the lips!
opening the gates of possibility
inevitably
eccentric
uncle grant -- can't can't chant
pay now pay - for what we say
uncle chuck - can't trust your luck
tell us true - what do you do?
what's the price? the thought is nice
lift the lid? that's what we did
sign right here - and here, and here
grant three wishes - charity cheer
freestyle lifestyle paid with tax
scoop the art until it cracks
uncle grant grant us one wish
serve it up nonprofit dish
we will write your favorite book
paint your piece a proper look
film the scene that lights you up
fill the ever empty cup
uncle grant let's find the spin
show us how to cash it in.
-- douglas brent smith
