Sunday, January 11, 2026

Thoughts of it

  I

The sound of one hand clapping, 
a tree falls in the wood
Where no one is near to hear it

The sound of a flower opening 
Footsteps crunching snow
Shovels scrapping ground below it

The sound of a page turning
Thoughts, images, leaping and
Hopping, racing all around it

The sound of a body wiggling
Softly stretching or dancing
To the music as she feels it

The wolf moon rises shining
Shudder to imagine the howls
That echo when he realizes it

Art is creating and making
Something new or repurposed
There is a reason to be it


  II

The handy spatula scrapping
Along the inside of the glass jar
To get the last and all of it

Post deluge, raindrops dripping
Through the downspout
Persistent rhythm of it

Success results from planning
Sweat as much as luck makes
What is adjacent possible for it

The single act of creating
Making anything substantial, or not,
focuses your attention on it

The sound of humanity making
A ruckus, or exchanging something
Wet and wonderful, tops all of it

Artificial stuff can be revolting
We can return humanity
Back to be at the center of it

So Sherlock, we can't go scrolling
Trolling, lost among the detritus; 
Reach out, together we'll survive it


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