Somewhere Between Dylan and Guthrie in Tulsa, OK

Somewhere Between Dylan and Guthrie in Tulsa, OK

You work as if to turn
energy into gift 
that first must be received
and then offered onward
and not Must 
as in moral obligation
but Must because 
to keep moving
and moving moving
is what energy 
requires of itself
and the freedom 
to grow new layers
for protection
or for plumage
and the freedom 
to not explain
everything to everyone
and the freedom
to do the given work
then work 
to give
it all 
away

What I’m listening to: Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, Glen Phillips’ “You Were Meant To Be Here,” The New Pornographers’ Together, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

What I’m currently reading: Ken Smith’s Junk English