What Smells Have to Say

Composition grapes smashed together into a wine drank from a chalice of texture, and smell, while the swiller of satire has the future seen through a keyhole in a drunkenly distorted haze made abstract by thoughts from "other mind”, the one that stumbles forward onto cobblestone kneecaps. Down River, down Broughton learning from my city what smells have to say and what jazz corner hustler is selling his fix for, maybe nothing but a wolfish grin with teeth dripping in American dollars, have no fear you learned bravery with your craft, garbage disposal logic got you on bus, train, plane where you appear in a poof of light on stage in reading houses, cafe’s, and auditoriums. When particals of your rock n roll language caught on you've made it big,proud?happy? Not quite until you have toppled idols and muted genius. Just remember one thing dig until you have got pay dirt and even then wash away all of livings veil and refuge to publish gold from the mud in which you are made and from which you are named

Author's Note

free-form but pointers are appreciated

Reviews

[Frieda P]

Uniquely different read here. So many places to go with this one...wine in the making, sweet & divine, where it takes us, the travels of a lifetime.

'Not quite until you have toppled idols and muted genius.'

Speaks to me of the poetry of one's life also...nice read.

[Ruth]

I really like this, I am a fan of free form :) Great intensity used throughout, not a word wasted, awesome! :)

[stephen dillon]

thanx i will be reding your compositions shortly so don't suck.....................haha

[Ruth]

lol :) I took a lot down from here...and use my website a tad more but I enjoyed reading you :)

[stephen dillon]

lets collab i can publish us on amazon.com paperbacks

[Ruth]

Ok, send me an idea love...

[icelandicblue]

Smell is a most underrated sense. It is a powerful memory trigger. Your poem captures that as it makes connections in each place it visits. I loved this image:

a wolfish grin with teeth dripping in American dollars

Your ending echoes beyond the poem.

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlande..]

I always though olfactories were the same...ba dump pah! hey, tough crowd...

I'd say this is the miles davis and charlie mingus of stream of consciousness prose

[stephen dillon]

god thats the best complimeny i have ever gotten thank you so much

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlander]

the jazz purists say that experimentation like that was the death of jazz...but even einstein thought he killed science the end...I say you gotta die a bit to live...you're most welcome...you seem like a genuine and imaginative fellow...idk if I'm worthy of the title the guy who handed out the best compliment, but I'll take it

[stephen dillon]

compliment

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlander]

it went fractal I think; we may never be the same

[stephen dillon]

still i preceate it ninja

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlander]

likewise, grasshopper...you're the real deal...you know I say that as a student, but some would see me as saying master, depending on the ambiance of the room

[stephen dillon]

thanx for all the good feed back i will be sure to return the favor

[Annie Ale]

Taking the good with the bad. Very nice!

[p.kuhl]

Nice!! This is very good freeform, I really enjoyed reading aloud. Some people just get sounds more than I do! Bravo.

[stephen dillon]

thanx

[lee von cleef]

I like your dust to dust,This is great to read at different periods of time to see where you are , and where you are not .Ie Forrest and Trees.

[Lily Mae]

Very earthy.. of the earth from the earth.. nice..

[char]

I have never read anything structured like this before. Was it intentional? Is so you deserve congrats for being very, very original. Love the way you mix seemingly random stuff and make it work :)

[stephen dillon]

thanx alot i call it jazz prose but i guess i don't technically call it that b/c no one ever cared to ask

[char]

Jazz prose..so awesome!! I would be interested in reading more of this. Original and very unique ;)