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Looking at a butterfly to show us how to get lost… #SchwervonPoetry #SchwervonLive


(Thanks for the video Brenton)

A butterfly doesn’t ask permission to open up her wings.
And a butterfly never loses it
until the very end.
There is alway something to discover there.
Here, we find something to lose.
If power is knowing where you’re going
Then arriving to your destination is getting lost again.

I’m not talking about abuse.
Abuse is stale.
It happens.
Abuse is a camera at a traffic light.

There is always a reward for forgiveness.
There are donuts in the morning.
There is light through a broken window.
Your children will love you if you love them and help them.
There will always be pain.
We do not fear pain.
We are learning every day, every second, and that is the best way to live.
That is the life.

Sometimes
I am a butterfly walking
And your words help me to get on.
I know these things that no one else can know.
I see these things that no one else can see.
It’s all a just tools for healing and helping
And healing
and helping some more.

Friday Aug. 22 (KC, MO) @ RecordBar

Schwervon! – Landlocked

FROM: Landlocked/ Off Duty Trip (The Raincoats) 7″
https://schwervon.bandcamp.com/album/…
https://schwervon.com/

Show Poem: The Time Is Now / 7-20-14 / KC, MO @ Holy Cow

Photo by Roshelle Hudson

Photo by Roshelle Hudson

Holy cow! The time is now.
Throw in the towel.
Act like an owl.
Who , who, who is to blame
For, for, for all your pain

Obama?
Your Mama?
Your Father?
The weather?
Your liver?
Your lover?
That cold winter night  when he stole all the covers?

Buy something to make it better.
Buy a record.  Buy a sweater.
Buy a book or buy some shoes.
Buy your way out of these blues.

Buy a cookie. Buy a hat.
Buy a picture of a cat.
Buy it used. Buy it cheap.
Buy a necklace buy a sheep.
Buy something to give.
Buy something to keep.

You know what they say.
You can’t take it with you.
They’re not going to bury you with your dough.
So why not make use of it before you go?

So spread it around.
Grease a couple palms.
See what grows.
Drop a little something in an artist’s collection plate.

Buy a cookie. Buy a hat.
Buy a picture of a bat.
Buy it used. Buy it cheap.
Buy a necklace. Buy a jeep.
Buy something to give.
Buy something to keep.

And if you don’t have the cash
Don’t sweat it.
Just listen to the music.
And don’t regret it.