Away

My friends
are away
on a trip
but at least
I get
to be lonely
and clean up
cat puke.


-Jim DuBois
March 15, 2010

Not Really

You asked if anything
was bothering me
and I said no.

Are you sure?

Yes, I feel fine.

Really? Cause it seems like
something's bothering you.

Not really.

...

Are you sure
nothing's bothering you?

Well, these questions
are starting to get
on my nerves.

I knew something
was bothering you!


-Jim DuBois
March 5, 2010

Lessons

I remember
playing piano
onstage with Trevor
at Fire & Water^*.
I was reluctant because
I didn't know much
about playing piano.
People liked our song,
and afterwords
Trevor said,
"See, it didn't matter
how much you know,
you could still
entertain them."

I also remember
Attaboy^** giving me
a drawing lesson.
I brought
my pen and paper
to the cafe,
and he said,
"Ok. Now draw, man,
draw!"

Another time
I saw
some modern sculpture
and said
to my artist friend,
"I don't get it,
I coulda done that,"
and he said,
"Sure, but
the difference between
you and this guy
is that you didn't."

A few weeks ago
when I was having
an open studio
to sell my art,
Kathy told me
what her brother says
about pricing his art:
"Keep raising the price
until you get nauseaus
and then sometimes
double it."


-Jim DuBois
Feb 23, 2010

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* Fire & Water was a cafe in Northampton, MA
** Attaboy is the name of a friend of mine who used to live in Northampton

Dear Mr. Frost - video

This poem is already on this blog, but now it has a video to go with it!
-Jim DuBois

Old Cat

Look at the
O-L-D
cat lying in the sun

Look at the
green green grass

Look at the Cat

Look at the Sun

Sun
Sun
Sun

Cat
Cat
Cat


-Jim DuBois
Nov 21, 2003