Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Revelations

I just bought a new painting - by Matt Sesow, which I LOVE!
here's a story about it...

Revelations
a poem about my new Sesow

Katy was not considered
A traditional exhibitional,
In fact she was quite quiet.
But the night she let her panties show
She stirred up quite a riot.

Shy and meek,
She had large teeth
And romantic thoughts of love,
But with her skirt held high
She waved bye bye
To the angels up above.

She could not stop
She walked the block
Skirt high above her thighs,
More show than peep
She cruised the street
Teasing all the guys.

Before too long
One came on strong
“I’m yours,” she said real nice,
But one must know,
Whether fast or slow,
What’s free has still a price.

Her innocent past
Flew hard and fast
“Come and get it,” she proclaimed.
Her ample tush and virginal bush
Had brought her newfound fame.

There in his car,
She lay down her guard,
The two of them so close,
His cutting eyes tore through her guise
And asked “What do you propose?’”

It was nearly dawn,
But he rambled on
“In my night you are a star…”
And with that thought, her skirt went taut
She accused, “You’ve gone too far.”

With new disgrace
She hid her face,
For now he saw too much,
With his speech, a pact was breached,
For you can stroke, but please don’t touch.

For more information about Matt Sesow and his work, please visit www.sesow.com





Sunday, August 01, 2004

Cleaning Out the Cabinets

Last night I dreamt that we were in my kitchen - this woman and I...I don't know who she was really, but she started baptizing my bags of flour with tap water...

Cup after cup, she ladled over top of the open bags.

"Stop!" I screamed at her. "Why are you being so wasteful?!?"

"Can't I use some?" she asked.

"Of course!" I answered. "Just don't ditch it like that! Don't let it go down the drain for no reason...
Let it be a cookie or a cake or a loaf of banana bread or something. I've got some rotten bananas in the freezer that would be perfect. Give it a chance to be useful," I begged.

"Okay," she said, somewhat condescendingly.

She went for the first bag, which had sat in my cupboard for who knows how long. She started dumping it into the sink.

"Wait!" I shouted. "Can you not hear anything I say?"

"I hear you," she said. "But look."

I looked down into the sink full of flour and saw worms and bugs mixed with sawdust! All this time I never knew.

"What else have you been carrying around with you for too long?" she asked. "Perhaps you need to take a closer look."

"I think I'll go clean out my cabinets," I told her.

With that I left the kitchen.