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


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

what happened was

we arrived a@the hideout to find a film crew
(independent,like the best of little austin
applying makeup to their volunteer crew
They courteously asked if they might film before
our open mike for poetry begins-of course! Yes!
so we start the art of open heart and watch
as they enact a scene whereby an actor steals bagels
and an actual barista chases them down Congress
(two,in fact,which was the only exaggeration in this scene
The weird part is-this fiction had actually happened!
Folk have attempted to steal tip jars and food and drinks
on an intermittent and irregular basis/and to see this enacted
was grist for the fiction faction that characterizes life in 2010
Three takes later,while our open mike was in full swing,two forms of art
co-existed happily-independently-freely,sans conflict/culturally
"our only enemy is a criminal culture-culture adds joy,thieves steal it"
FOR EVERY OPEN MIKE IS A VOTE FOR YOUR PERSONAL FREEDOM

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