'Pant Oh Mime'

What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. - Thoreau

striped shirt with suspendered existence

white faced in uniformed inconsistence

sense of identity misplaced

actions traced in pretend haste

black chapeau

blow by blow, pondering what others already seem to know

soft shoe

never quite sure what to do

i feel like a mime

acting out empty motions

painting someone else's canvas with faux, emotions

an unopened bottle of wine

never truly mine

Author's Note

"In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting out our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Vol]

Pete,
MAN! I remember an artist in the sixties who would pour paint on a large canvass and then have naked women roll around on it... I wonder if it would turn out differently if he had angry assistants or depressed ones... but, really, I don't thig anyone's emotions are empty... but a lot of heads are.
Vol

[Re-Pete]

... and naked twister ,,,

[Vol]

Something more than hippiedom died new year's eve 1969

[Thomas W Case]

Fantastic work. Great metaphor and symbolism.

[Re-Pete]

thank you twc.