self

a new poem: “Self Observation” by Thomas Typewriter

poetry

I observed you in the corner of my eye

thinking my attention had slipped you by.

You writing those thank you letters

so conceited, so renowned

to answered prayers profound.

Reminding you in simple sounds.

That all your efforts will turn to dust.

That you never had anyone’s trust.

That you are unequivocally a creature of disgust.

a new poem: “Before Success Visits” by Thomas Typewriter

poetry

Before Success comes to stay

His three brothers clear the way.

Failure arrives first, claiming he only needs the smallest bed,

But will take two and then three instead.

Confusion arrives next with too much luggage for his claim of an overnight stay.

Excuse after excuse he generates, staying for days and days.

Disappointment arrives last with nothing to his name.

Seeing everything you have he will complain and complain.

They will bicker and argue with no delay,

Destroying your house and disrupting your ways.

But in the end they, as much as you, will grow tired

Claiming each other has an unbearable situation made.

They will leave not with a thank you said.

A broken home is their parting gift instead.

But it is a gift, their visit as much as their departure.

In home repairs you will be employed

Even the areas you would normally avoid.

So when Success finally does visits, he enters with words so kind

Thanking you for making your home such a comfortable find.

He continues saying If I may

Could I stay a few extra days?

new art: “The difficulty of organizing ONE SELF’s thoughts” and “In the DISTANCE lie the NEAREST things”

paintings, photography, sculpture
“The difficulty of organizing ONE SELF’S thoughts” by Thomas Typewriter (watercolor & gesso on stretched canvas, 24″ x 30″)
“in the DISTANCE lies the NEAREST things” by Thomas Typewriter