He was a sad man
strumming his guitar
sweetly
angrily
slowly
then fast again
my best friend and i
watched him play
and took solace in the shade,
the shadow cast
as the sun set
over the harbor
found comfort
in his voice
singing
beautifully
painfully
understanding words
filling the airwaves
booming out over
this gathering of people
and words of gratitude
for everyone
thank you
how to use:
as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:
(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)
after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”
“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category
“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus
just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice