may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Saturday, September 11, 2010

SPENDING ONE'S LIFE

i do not want to cruise(nor snooze
though travel is exciting-yet to be in a cage
in the air or on sea is a prospect uninviting
Do not want to go to Russia,nor China,nor India where
the lessons of poverty ,crime and corruption are everywhere
Do not want to watch TV,sports,gamble -nor drink,nor drug
nor eat overmuch(just less and more often
Do not want to substitute consumption for celebration
Too late to suffer at outdoor rock concerts
where decibels and crowds and mud make worse
what is already a delicate public situation
Do not want to go techno-whether by gadget nor Muse-
to be human takes lifetimes,and this one must not be abused
Do not want to waste one second-on alternatives that are not
nor confuse who i am with what i have got
Nor live in past,nor rely upon futures(stock)
Now is enough.To flow and be soft.Smile and laugh
To be alive is just the start...

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