People Like Us by Robert Bly
for James Wright
There are more like us. All over the world
There are confused people, who can’t remember
The name of their dog when they wake up, and people
Who love God but can’t remember where
He was when they went to sleep. It’s
All right. The world cleanses itself this way.
A wrong number occurs to you in the middle
Of the night, you dial it, it rings just in time
To save the house. And the second-story man
Gets the wrong address, where the insomniac lives,
And he’s lonely, and they talk, and the thief
Goes back to college. Even in graduate school,
You can wander into the wrong classroom,
And hear great poems lovingly spoken
By the wrong professor. And you find your soul,
And greatness has a defender, and even in death you’re safe. Art by Stephan Schmitz
Recommended listening: Smilin' Billy Suite Pt II - The Heath Brothers (B)rain Dance - Johnny Blue
Links of the Day: Interview: ceramic artist Mudita Bhandari (come experience her works in the forests near Gunehar, Himachal Pradesh from June 3011 at In The Woods, a truly special open-air art exhibition for which I just reached the village last night.)
The Mozart in the Machine Balance Artist Rocky Byun Kansas farmer rounds up cattle with trombone + #CowArt