Cognitive development
Artists and other professions have to start early
and Often
I have focused my life away
Left with a bunch of miscellaneous abilities
An artist as such with some talent but no proficiency

What is talent or proficiency anyway?
Like porn
You'll know it when you see it
I am pretty tired to play catch up

Regret
No I don't
More encouragement sure
Video games were a safe haven
I don't know what I would have done without them
Maybe develop a hobby, a creative one
Does this poem have a point?
Why did humans decide to write in verse?
I can reflect in verse can't I?
Non-metered, non-rhyming verse is really just listing thoughts
I need it to rain
The last breath of cold air escaped my vehicles ventilation system

This signals summer

Where did the rain go?
Someone told me to get into a situation where rain would not be wanted
Then the rain would come
A sort of Field of Dreams scenario
If the main character didn't do anything except think really hard
Negative thoughts
And everyone came anyways

Farmers are never happy and neither are construction workers
Either it rains too much or not enough
I need a spigot to turn on the rain and turn it off at precisely the time I need it to
You can tell a lot about a person by the way they react to the rain

I have been debating on whether or not to post this for quite some time...it doesn't actually show anything in detail but it has plenty of suggestion, which makes it one of my favorite photos. I found this on the side of the road in Gary, IN.

Or B & W

Positive outlooks leave you let down
Negative outlooks leave you alone

Telling the truth is a brave and a stupid exercise
Lying requires intelligence and selfishness

Aristotle and Hume weep
With every dichotomy you keep

Tidying away
Sweeping dissonances under the rug

Memory wipes
And Time it escapes

I keep checking for ticks
Running my hands through my hair
I know they are there
Itching, scratching, crawling
I can feel them floating up there
Pincers flailing, almost helpless
I stomp with my foot

I keep checking for ticks
Pulling up my pant legs
Watching for woods and tall grass
Slight pains in my leg where one has
Supplanted
I slap my leg and look around
Pulling up my pant legs
I flick them with my index finger

The winter didn't kill them, no
Release the turkeys
Review the procedure to remove them
See pictures of Lyme disease
Watching for woods and tall grass
No, we don't have to walk out there
Just go ahead
I don't care
Nope
You can always check for them later