Friday, March 12, 2010

The Shaman

the shaman perched on
building-steps, black glass between his
nail-bitten fingers; lapping
quietly at
dreams.

"I'm always out of body,"
he says when asked.
what is he? I think. A traveling
salesmen bundled in ghost-thin
spirit? a
moving apparition, eating auras and
spitting demons?

grand, drugged-up
mess--living in a liminal
mind state.

between classes. wandering,
diving, swimming, falling
off edges and climbing
down
upward.

through misunderstanding, i had
deemed it
noise--bombast and unnecessary.
for what is misunderstood is
a growing, sour
hatred of
ourselves.

2 comments:

Uncle Tree said...

Hello, Sparrow!

You're aura eating shaman is straight out of the mystery show. Whoa! Spooky...

Oh! Btw...Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!!

the_sparrow said...

lol yes. he's quite a fun character.

thanks! same to you.
and thanks for commenting.