With a pulse

Photobucket

I am learning to talk less and say more. Please be patient with me. I have been involved in the following 'professions' in close order: reader.writer.painter.sculptor.metalsmith.glassblower.faceter. shadetreemechanic.laborer.curator.guitarist.songwriter.singer. composer.pauper.representative.associate.designer.assistant. buyer.manager.salesman.consultant.owner.operator.driver. networker.booker.traveler.producer.engineer.actor.photographer. editor.videographer. And I still haven't found what I'm looking for. I have drank deeply, loved passionately, and been mistaken greatly. I climbed Lemon Mountain in Tucson Arizona, put XXX on Marie Laveau's grave in New Orleans and kissed lipstick on Oscar Wilde's in Paris. I have been in a snowstorm in 80 degree weather in the desert in summertime, hit with hailstones the size of a lemon in a Florida thunderstorm and one time checked into the fifth floor of a hotel a couple hours before the hurricane's eye passed overhead. I have been VIP in Las Vegas because of mistaken identity and thrown out of 3 clubs in Hollywood because they didn't like the look of me. I have been slipped poison in my whiskey at the Lexington Queen in Tokyo Japan, fought Edwin Mccain on a cruise ship (and lost), had my nose broken by a power line while running with an armfull of red bricks, and survived being chased by a pack of wild boars in the woods. After all this I still feel that what separates the civilized and uncivilized is mainly a pocket handkerchief and nice boots.

I have a heart on the mend and a 64' stingray in repair, both will be lovely when completed.
Sep 11
Permalink

A fin for ten tries

Almond and sugar baked until done
Adored at the circus by daughter and son
Past dunk tank clown and barker of wares
Petting zoo sheep and house full of scares
Beyond lover’s lake and paddle boat swans
Bereft teens’ lust swaying ripples these ponds
Through craft show alley with gammers and gams
Thorough and sure with their nickels and shams
I bring this penny gold fish that I won just for you
It will die in a fortnight; whatever you do.

c. T.S. Kyle September 03.2008 1:45 am

  1. hipsterdiet reblogged this from shawnkyle and added:
    please welcome my dear friend, artist Shawn Kyle, to tumblr.
  2. shawnkyle posted this