douglas brent smith

it was everything i had inside me given to you a gift you refused, to scare me to scar me to drop me over that cliff, that curb wanting to touch you to kiss you to giggle in the sand but you let go of my hand and oh oh oh you had warned me the storm would be rough and wow did you signal it would not be enough and crap did it happen i chased without fear but ghostlike in vapor desire disappeared and so like a dark fog neglected to stand you held and then fell and let go of my hand (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

Random still life and current mood. photo by douglas brent smith Ok to use this photo. Please notate it: photo by douglas brent smith, 2016. 

My most recent album, etcetera, is now available on Noisetrade. You could listen. You could even download for free. And if you like, you can leave a tip.  This is the "final" version of the album -- I'd previewed parts of it before.  Hope you like it! Find etcetera here

mp3 file: Way Past Getting Old

i am powerfully attracted to strong coffee, strong whiskey and strong women and so far strong coffee has never hurt me although i may drown myself in it, to stay up thru the night to face the morning without her because trying to sleep is stupid and trying to get over it is bad advice so what's to do? when the person i'd ask asks for space? could i be the strong one resilient, resolved? remembering some mysteries will never be solved so make me a strong one with whiskey and black and i will be waiting when that woman comes back -- douglas brent smith (c) 2016

created 12 march 2012 reality plunges into the murky pools of the mind. it doesn't matter what anyone was thinking because it was fun while it lasted. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: you were there (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

created 12 march 2012 and 10 june 2012 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ those times we spent in the kitchen were special and rare but the feast is over and there's nothing but a big mess to clean up. you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: there was a problem in the kitchen  (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

created 12 march 2012 when there was still a hope that this relationship would work. i still like the picture. i still miss that dream. would you like a cup of coffee? _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: the beautiful dream (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

te created 12 march 2012 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: tell me what you want to hear  (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

created 25 march 2001 i've often toyed with the idea of living in a space that had a store front that could be my studio, theater, coffee house, clubhouse, training center. still working on that idea (but this collage is done!) _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage: open for business (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ you may use this image for non-commercial purposes. please cite it as follows: collage:  (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

you may use this image for non-commercial purposes as long as you cite it as following: collage: trainers get moving (c) 2016 douglas brent smith

it's my friday is a play by douglas brent smith.  this is part of a series of plays i'm writing with the theme of dreams and dreaming. please feel free to use this play as audition material or performance. small theaters are invited to produce this with my blessing and permission. i would like to be acknowledged as the playwright, of course. and if you charge admission, it would be sporting of you to share in the revenue, wouldn't it? Here's a pdf copy if you'd rather work with that: It's My Friday ------------------------------------------------------------- (Lights come up on the deli counter of a natural grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. Two deli clerks staff the line – Jodie and Dan. There are two more people in the kitchen upstage – Jesus and Juanita. The supervisor, Angela, is off stage. Two customers wait for service.) Jodie (to Dan) I thought you were going to be off today. Dan I was, but Alex called off sick. Jodie W