Jake Shaw's Blog, page 67
June 16, 2017
Zoning Out Again
Can’t be just by chance
That we’re doing this again
Leaving now
Watching you walk away
Yet you stop for a moment
To look back at me
While I’m sitting
Maybe mesmerized
And once again
We caught each other
Just a sliver I can see of you
Out the door open just a crack
You smile
And walk away
Yet we communicated there
Perfectly
Filed under: May Era (III)
June 15, 2017
Consumerism
It sucks to eat
When you have
To pay for it
So little
Expendable
Alluring temptation
So you are
What you eat
I’d still rather
Be something
Cookies that taste
Like sweet plastic paste
And soda in a bottle
That glows when you shake it
Irregular fuel
Long as I’ve
Got the card
Or the cash
To consume
Let debt bloom
Let it
Come to fruition
And suck it down
Waste builds
In landfills
But that’s no thought
To have
When you’re spending
All your cash
Filed under: April Era (III)
June 14, 2017
Feel It All Around – Journal 6/14/17
I spent 10 hours out yesterday cruising in Tacoma with someone who I hadn’t heard from in 2 years. Crazy to think in this season of high school stories coming to a close that I have been graduated for I think exactly 2 years. Most people would have a degree by now, but most people also probably didn’t immediately take fun classes upon entering college.
I’ve got no regrets, as I was introduced to a few sides of someone I thought I knew pretty well back in high school. In addition, we found out...
Mentor’s Refuge
Template
Meaningless
Art made
For art’s sake
Long live portable 11
And all the things
It makes
Even the pitiful
Toil
Its subjects
Fake
When they
Struggle
To create
Pins to put things up
Framed matte
So much loose paper
Pens and pencils
Meaning all what you make
Filed under: April Era (III)
Sequence
Flowing like a gutter
Just an arm to another
Destined for the dirty sewers
Through dank tunnels
Drains for the storms
For the clouds overhead
Could you take a leaf out
On the water and ride it?
Mucky and grimy
Algae is climbing
Quick city currents
Lightless and blinding
Fabricate a way to change
The course of the river
Taking control
Of the waves you ride
One more set
Filed under: April Era (III)
June 13, 2017
Abstergo Invictus
Bitter frost
Warm hearts
South Tacoma Way
There to slam poetry
Signed up
Signed you up, too
Waited for you
To get dropped off
‘Cause your dad
Didn’t know this event
Wasn’t extra credit
We waited for Real Art
A stand-up show
To perform in
But it never happened
We signed up
And left for dinner
Across the street
Stonebank oven pizza,
Maybe
The place was shady
4/20 party set to blaze
Up in the front we were
In the middle of decorations
Laden with herbs and balloons
Chatting about
Changed reputati...
June 12, 2017
Real Art
Whole place
Is a green room
We’re all getting ready
Setdressing rehearsing
Blocking every move
Post all bills
Exposed structures
Beams and frames
Lights and limes
That urban vibe
A venue with its own
Dim shine
Filed under: April Era (III)
Feather in Dew
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Shot with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS; f/5.6; 1/250; ISO-400; 55mm
Filed under: Images
