How It Is

Photo/Poem 1 Minute 
 How is it when the tree withers and the leaves fall?
 Body exposed in the golden wind.
     -Blue Cliff Record
 

 I certainly know how to get naked
 and swing from a chandelier.
 Unexpected moments driven
 by music and emotions
 of beauty.
 
 Awkward interactions,
 abrupt transitions,
 bizarre, hilarious, enthralling
 confounding and cathartic.
 
 Lots of costume changes
 radically reconfigured, sutured,
 and amplified,
 they contain and manipulate
 so many influences
 from vaudeville comedy
 to hip hop.

 Snippets of hard-edged music,
 astonishing powerful,
 and unpredictability wild,
 and out there, 
 and free.
 
 Seems to represent 
 an existential struggle against
 habitual prejudice and inequality,
 patriarchal capitalistic heteronormativity,
 or something else.
 
 Postmodern.
 
 I need something simpler.
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Published by davestankowicz

Dave Stankowicz is a retired educator who lives on an island off the coast of Portland, Maine with his wife Debbie Jordan and their dog Cody. Liberated from the responsibilities of teaching he has found the space and time to pursue so much that interests him. Dave is the former host of the WMPG radio show Palm Wine Radio, and currently hosts Next To Silence - an hour long show that explores different themes, genres, artists and record labels. Next to Silence can be streamed live on Peaks Island Radio at https://peaksislandradio.com on Mondays and Fridays @ 7:00 PM EDT, and Tuesdays @noon. You can also stream archived shows at his site (category: next to silence) He continues his lifelong efforts to master space and time.

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2 thoughts on “How It Is”

    1. Thanks for your kind comment. I don’t think I have the ambition to pull a collection together, and I’m quite content to post my stuff here. You and your family have a Healthy new year, filled with music and joy.

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