CONCERNED
about
STUFF
stuff is problematical
the THINGS
HOLD
ENERGY
THAT
I bought from a little old collector lady
who needs the money
for periodic surgeries
BUT
she doesn't really want to let go of them
SO she SENDS them OFF on ADVENTURES
it's vera bradley, ya know
it's a little
TOO
GIRLY
for me to wear out in public
SHE LOVED it SO HARD
she MENDED the
HANDLES
& it has SNAILS
I FOUND a matching
WALLET
SEE
& I THOUGHT
THAT
MUST be HOW it was for my MOM
BUT
it's not like that at all for her
she doesn't
SEEM to have ANY
EMOTION
around any of it
I'm not sure
WHERE
my problem comes from
I always had to keep my room
TIDY
ALWAYS
until I went to live with my mom
if I kept my room clean
SHE would PUT
SOMETHING in the EMPTY space
I started
FILLING MY SPACE
AND
I don't think I've ever really been
RIGHT
completely, consistently, since
AND
I've got a WEIRD relationship with MAIL
that basket
with the
STUFF
in it
is the basket I KEEP my
MAIL in
BUT like I took that super literally
LIKE HOW f*CKing FULL
CAN this GET
let's make it a challenge
THIS says
STUFF you
WANT to
LOOK at
HERE
NOW
there's a NATION
& something
& I ALSO
FOUND this proof sheets from a photographer of the gates in NYC
it's in a generic trapper keeper thingy
NOT itoya which is the way
to make any RANDOM
pieces of paper
LOOK
like art
NOT itoya
BUT regardless, ya KNOW
it's an
EXPERIMENT
I might be like
WOW
you were SO full of sh"t
BUT
if I haven't tried it YET
my father taught me some useful things
PUT the things you need to FIND
in the PLACE
you WANT to FIND them
NEVER
put them ANYWHERE else
LIKE keys, or whatever
SO I'm doing
a REFRAME on MAIL
as SOMETHING
you deal with
OR it's
PART
of your ART
NOW what is it telling you
& POSSIBLY
THAT'S
TOO many variables
EVERYTHING
ALL the TIME
com'mon you have lived through the age of mail it is not that goddammdddd much mail just be a mensch for the love of God and throw it away it does not need to pile up until the entire thing is full and the pile on top will not remain stable I cannot think in that environment
