Friday, March 30, 2012

From in Here



I've never been here but in day dreams.
I feel small to the sounds of the street
and the quite clink or dishes inside here.
I've sat with pen pointed at paper
and little ink eeked out.
The waitress smiled at me kindly, nodding along the way,
not having a clue why I've spent the last five hours in her restaurant.
I'm not sure either, honestly,
but I've been inwardly (deeply) hoping
that my fingers would lay guide to my brain
and take away my imagination,
set if afloat on the sky and the voices of the people walking by.
But all Ive got is notes on my hoped recovery
and the idea of plane tickets.

From inside here, in my thoughts,
looking out on the movement, the next things to my day,
I don't know anymore.
I'm going to move forward,
with the clink of my thoughts,
and I don't know anymore,
don't know what I am supposed to do
or why.


Photo by Amanda Grupp.  Words by Jordan Shappell.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Swimming


 Which one was it hand puppet master thief.  I remember a song sang by mermaids which never could breathe under water.  The harsh realities of life.  I love Chicago summer internships.  I love birds flying high and then shitting on their own time.  Like night clerks.  Watch out falling hard helmet yellow neon.  It wasn't even night.  It could have been a Saturday but I had no compass.  Thanks for the moon landing and family and smelly flowers of both hues.  I knew a sailor named Bart and I'll stop before I lie at the bottom of the ocean... 

Here we are.  Can you breathe.  Bubble.  Bubble.  Sepia futures and pastures full of sea cows.  I make metaphors out of no shows and honest men hobos.  Unfair of me.  I'm bragging.  

DANCE

My favorite command.





Sketch by Christian Barron.  Words by Dustin Whitehead.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

where i sometimes go for comfort and courage


whisper sweet green enthusiasm 
from your naive youth 

i know you mean it 
i know you want the best for me 
for us all 

sweet 
sweet 
boy

i know your heart will remember the toy trains and the laughter and the snow



Photo by Angela in Kansas.  Words by Dustin in Singapore.