i feel like my mind
is full of smoke
baseball and blue skies
blue angels and smoke lines
i feel like i
didn't need time
and now -- blasted out
have a bowl or two
smoking, lying about
the truth is the truth is
it doesn't give a damn
i spent so much time
putting pennies in my head
the truth is the truth is
a woman's body is
the rest is a sham
now they put all their symbols down
they know what you're going to do
it's written all about you
there's certain things you must do
the truth is the truth is
no one gives a damn
i feel like i had spent
many a year
being ideas
but i
don't need any
the truth is things that actually are
kitchens, doorknobs, shoes
you can wind yourself around them
like a rubber band
or wander out around the moon
but
the truth is legs,
red skirts
tractors
cows
dirt
i like the hazy moment of
now
the smoke of the mind
baseball and blue skies
blue angels and smoke lines
the falsehood is truth.

 - connelly barnes, 2008-10-22