On the bus
after work
two young parents
exchanging harsh words
mind three small kids
as the bus bumps along
baby bounces on momma’s hip
toddlers scramble along bench seats
poppa stands in the aisle
guarding the door
the bus in motion
rounding the corner
slows to a stop
jolting a toddler into a pole
he starts to cry
frazzled, momma barks
STOP IT!
beleaguered, poppa contends
he’s only a kid…
It’s okay for kids to cry when they get hurt
defiantly, momma snaps
I never cried
quietly, poppa replies
…that’s because you never get hurt
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The Poet: Caitlin Watkins has spent most of her life under-achieving so as to avoid writing third person bios to accompany her work. However, she has lately committed to finishing what she starts, and is proud as a pre-schooler wearing her first macaroni necklace to show-off what she’s made in CLJ. One day she hopes to independently publish a series of limited edition hand-bound, hardcover books containing holograph transcriptions of the conversation (reprinted above) she will continue to have with herself. She lives in Seattle with her husband, James, who is practicing with non-Euclidean geometry to design book pages in the hyperbolic plane.
The Artist: Roz MacLean is a visual artist located in Vancouver, BC. She works in several styles, but her work is united by a search for the motivation of human behavior. Whether she is looking to the animal world and evolution to explain our nature, or attempting to understand where our deepest fears come from, she is interested in the connection between natural design and our individual and collective inner worlds. You can find her portfolio at rozmaclean.wordpress.com/artwork/ .
…that’s because you never get hurt
___
The Poet: Caitlin Watkins has spent most of her life under-achieving so as to avoid writing third person bios to accompany her work. However, she has lately committed to finishing what she starts, and is proud as a pre-schooler wearing her first macaroni necklace to show-off what she’s made in CLJ. One day she hopes to independently publish a series of limited edition hand-bound, hardcover books containing holograph transcriptions of the conversation (reprinted above) she will continue to have with herself. She lives in Seattle with her husband, James, who is practicing with non-Euclidean geometry to design book pages in the hyperbolic plane.
The Artist: Roz MacLean is a visual artist located in Vancouver, BC. She works in several styles, but her work is united by a search for the motivation of human behavior. Whether she is looking to the animal world and evolution to explain our nature, or attempting to understand where our deepest fears come from, she is interested in the connection between natural design and our individual and collective inner worlds. You can find her portfolio at rozmaclean.wordpress.com/artwork/ .
