Juggling Competing Priorities -- collage by douglas brent smith, 1995.
Have you ever thrown anything away and then regretted it?
i filled a dumpster
no
i filled a dumpster two times and
another dumpster, too
i didn't have permission and they
weren't my dumpsters but
it was always at night and
i wanted some things out of my life
foolishly
books. paintings. collages. tools. and
one really big relationship
deeper than any box
gone
a box filled with memories
set afire.
and no matter how much i dream i
cannot
retrieve that box.
-- douglas brent smith
You Know When It's Cool - sketch by douglas brent smith
Notes:
This is a sketch from one of my journals and as you can tell by the TV, an old one.
Whatever else is thrown at you, look for love. When you can't find it you can create it.
Look first for love.
-- doug smith