INCREASE-DECREASE

is awesome…

Like you
All I really want
Is for these poems
These ridiculous
Sometimes not so good
Poems to become songs

Sung by some version
Of me yet to be dis
covered
In a voice that fills heart
Cracks
And cracks into perfect
 Pitch

Yes that’s all I really want
But all I’ve got is this
Ridiculous
Sometimes not so good
 Me

And these poems

So stop asking
If I write songs
Instead you should
Get poetic or something
Get ridiculous
And sometimes not so good

Then you’ll find
The sweetest sound
Of genius

In my crap

I like the idea of a lot of people seeing the same thing, and each having a unique reaction.

Some of you may have seen this piece already, but I thought it would be cool to post it and invite people to comment.  Shout out to Cesar who posed for this!  (no it’s not Obama)

Dope piece Griffin. Really. Here’s the response.

I said
Mom it’s just like when you were pregnant with me
And you knew I was in you and when I got out
You cradled me and coddled me and cuddled me
And nursed me and nurtured me and spent as much
Time with me as you could so I could
Grow and do something good

This is kinda like that
Labor and passion
Obsession about growing
Something good to be a part of
Unwilling to be apart from

And she laughed and said I had a lot to learn
And that I needed to get a job like she and
Apparently all other parents guardians caregivers do
So I wouldn’t be cradling and coddling and cuddling
What I’ve birthed my obsession
On the street

Where it can’t be nursed
And it can’t be nurtured
Because I its daddy can barely breathe
Drowning in my own empty stomach
Growing nothing good with
Nothing to give it

Nice poem sir!!!  I see I have to step my game up.  Check this one out.

It’s much like a long laugh
A shaking of the insides that
Doesn’t seem to quit
That doesn’t seem to ever
Care that you can’t sleep
That seems to keep your lips
Curled at the corners
Feverishly pointing toward
Some bright star

And everyone always wonders
What’s so funny
And you cry every time
You try to explain

thanks for the birthday wishes bro. your birthday post reminded me of an idea we talked about a long time ago, “making our collaboration viral”. seeing as how we need to start on our new book, maybe we can start here? my first post is about “making art because you have to”.

enjoy.