Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

coping is a task we are tested with
the best copers find contentment
in those little nooks of peace and silence
where ideas are filtered through the cheesecloth
of our existence...a fabric that is fragile
yet with tensile strength enough to weather
some badass storms....a stream of notions flood the mind
and with a little practice you catch the contaminants

calendar dysfunction syndrome
new years day now January 20th, 2021

I was siting in Doctor Doom's Truck Stop chewing the fat with a truck driver wearing a red hat. I was trying to explain cognitive dissonance to him.

when the brain says 'What??'
and the heart says 'can't be'
cognitive dissonance

my corona year as a scholar
time sweet time to follow bliss
all i can do to keep from blissing out
https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/pdf/ ... t-page-pdf

suddenly like a miracle
U.S. has adults with brains
handling corona jam

is it possible
logic and planning in the room?
clinging suspicions

yes
not insane
but
still the same
might as well just love each other
as all else is beyond our reach
and doesn't really matter anyway

love and respect
all of us together
on this small planet

is 100 proof
of anything important
or does it just kick your ass
like you want to be kicked
hard and straight
I don't know maybe 80
is enough, but what if the taste
is magnifico
aged in smoky oaken barrels
for 12 or 18 years
is whiskey important
in the schemes of men and women
trying to say something one night
in an online jam
anybody remember the
katzenjammer kids
were they important
should U have another shot
c'mon y'all.....ain't got time for all
the letters....only contractions will do
so tell me now b4 I gotta do number 2
are we on the same channel
are we groovin like peas in pods
I know, that's stupid because even 2 peas
in the same pod could have different viewpoints
like siblings and BFF's
don't ask me no secrets and I'll tell you no lies

letters
books and pens

ideas recycled
dreams in reruns
eyes burnt out shells

is 100 proof
of anything important
or does it just kick your ass
like you want to be kicked
hard and straight
I don't know maybe 80
is enough, but what if the taste
is magnifico
aged in smoky oaken barrels
for 12 or 18 years
is whiskey important
in the schemes of men and women
trying to say something one night
in an online jam
anybody remember the
katzenjammer kids
were they important
should U have another shot
c'mon y'all.....ain't got time for all
the letters....only contractions will do
so tell me now b4 I gotta do number 2
are we on the same channel
are we groovin like peas in pods
I know, that's stupid because even 2 peas
in the same pod could have different viewpoints
like siblings and BFF's
don't ask me no secrets and I'll tell you no lies

good stuff
smooth as Tennessee whiskey
Is it important as Calvin & Hobbes?
Beats me.
But it is necessary
thanks for writing

me llamo es chucho
lost at night
but I know
its all good in the end
why be scared
i smile upon the precipice
as all things are shown
even if i dont know em

peeling off blinders
to reveal another layer
till we understand