Writings from 11/02 to 3/05. |
12/03/02 ...watching...waiting... <looks around anxiously> fumbled, stumbled tiny bag falls from hand <a failure to enter the pocket> handcuffed state of positioning handcuffed state of mind handcuffed state of corrections <facility for the incorrect> lights on shows over a bell in the morning A WAKE UP CALL A WAKE UP CALL "do as I say not what I said" shape up or ship out MOVE ALONG walk tall upstanding young person with a dream separate from an agenda LIFE big bold letters a tale of two meanings street world/real world neither one to stay just good for short visits run run run busy busy busy but what differentiates the two ? streets tell stories of survival by pyhsical means wear haggared, beaten faces bemoan woes share in everyone's humility the real stories tell themselves in ways unbeknownst to most talk in cryptic jargon either known or not <predetermined destiny spoke long ago> a different kind of smart the kid rags to riches to rags to riches to rags know where I stand nowhere I stand misery was the company flushed <no good reason> from a love/loathe position <deep breath> no more pinsandneedles needlesandpins <deep breath> home. to stay. for awhile. no progress to monitor. my work here is done. |