I walked up on it in the park.
It didn't look like I had remembered.
The full, vibrant foliage,
It swayed in the wind,
Brown and dying.
The limbs and leaves
Crackled
Through the strain.
I swear that first branch
Was way
Way
Higher.
Now it dropped below my elbow.
It was broken half way and
Sitting on the ground.
The grass at its base,
As brown as the leaves.
Apathy at Your Window is the blog for writer Wesley D. Gullett. This blog features not-so-mindless musings of a modern American Heathen. I will be posting fiction, non-fiction and poetry. There is currently no posting schedule but I may be utilizing one soon. If you would like to know when I post something follow me on Google+ or you can find me on twitter @wgullett or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/apathyatyourwindow
Monday, February 25, 2013
What's It Worth?
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Gypsy's Songbird
The lone bird chirps
In the woods
Beside the road.
Cars rush past
All late for work
All oblivious.
No one knows
She's there.
No one knows
She sings.
No one but the wanderer
Who woke in the woods
As the bird chirps.
Somewhere out there...
It was a place that I had
Never been.
A quiet place, a place
Hard to find.
Like those you hear of
Or only read.
It was a place I'd truly
Never seen.
Discovered and shared by
Drifting friends.
Indifferent at first to this place
I had found.
But what was there and
What I saw.
It was a place I will surely
Find again.
Circled 'A's and Chaos Stars
Out there are a handful of kids making an immense difference in their communities. They're working at the grassroots level to take care of the less fortunate of their communities. They're out there running organizations like Food Not Bombs and starting programs like really really free markets, all-age venues, art communities, and public gardens. They're out there busting their asses to make our city more fun for all of us. They're also improving the lives of others with free handouts of food, clothing, books, music and more. These symbol toting kids are vital to the movement. They're the ones that are building the underground network of roots for our anarchic redwood forest. These kids doing all this good and being spattered with anarchic symbols are causing others to think, "does the bomb-throwing anarchist really exist?"
That's an open window.
An open window to expose the uneducated to a belief they may have never known they could even get behind. Yes, any one can be an anarchist. The ideals of living free of oppressive governments, laws and city codes, a place where people take care of themselves, their friends, and their family. Ideals that America was founded on, ideals every American, every person, wants for themselves. That is why this open window system is crucial. They see the circled 'a' accompanied with good natured people, instead of painted on our city's abandoned buildings, we will have the opportunity to educate. These peaked interest "converts" should be embraced, educated, and looked after, they will be important pieces to the puzzle when our time comes.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Westbound Train
My grandmother died.
It was not too long ago but I haven't seen her in over a year. If you wanted to be pedantic, I haven't really seen here since I was a teenager. Nobody in my family had really seen Granny since then either. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's before I'd grow into the man I am today.
Granny would never know me ever again.
The image she held onto of me, was a young twelve year old, boy, not the pierced and tattoo covered freak she had only seen at sideshows while growing up in Kentucky. Inevitably, I scared the living daylights out of my grandmother for years, just by showing up. Then I would remind her who I was, only to get a, "what happened?!"
She really was a sweet woman though. Not a mean bone in her body. Alzheimer's Disease has a pretty serious impact on the personality of its victims though. Unfortunately, Granny went from the sweetheart she was, to a rugged woman ready to run away or gun you down with words. She was a sweet old woman that took care of me when I was sick, taught me to sew and sat and laughed as Pa and I would try to play bluegrass music on a banjo and juice harp. She would bake biscuits with hot chocolate pudding drizzled over top of them for my cousins and I regularly. She liked to call it biscuits and chocolate gravy. All these memories of her would flash through my head and I couldn't stand the look of fear on her face every time I saw her or the disgruntled remarks to all of us.
It really made family gatherings hard.