Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Late-Night Riff

I was thinking over how one
Makes another care. Not just glance,
Or nod but really care in some
Spiritually transcending way.

I realized the answer went
Beyond the store or simple
Marketing.  A TV ad for soap
Will seldom bring epiphanies
That change a life’s direction.

Passion’s not a manufactured good
That you create and sell.  It’s
Something that was always there
Beneath the surface.

The artist is a miner
For feelings and lost goals,
Dreams all but given up
But not forgotten.

From the safety of their chair
And the terror of their minds
They must battle cave-ins
Not so different from those
Poor souls who sacrifice their lungs
For meager wages.

4 comments:

  1. It's always been my favorite. Always in my pouch.

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  2. Good stuff! My favorite line:

    "From the safety of their chair
    And the terror of their minds"

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  3. Oh yes. Manufactured passion is a fake fur. And yet, in passing, it will draw the protesters red paint.

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  4. Thanks Pistol and Jack! Provocative comment, Annie :)

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