I Could Do That
Marilyn Whitehorse
Working notes
I used to sit and dream
Of what I could/would/should do.
The ‘if onlys’ gripped me by the short hairs.
Oh, I twisted every excuse
until I plum wore it out.
And then one day, sitting on a pile of rag(e/s),
I screamed
“I could do that!”
And, sure enough, I did…
And I'm here to tell you:
Things have (gloriously)
never been the same
since then.
Of what I could/would/should do.
The ‘if onlys’ gripped me by the short hairs.
Oh, I twisted every excuse
until I plum wore it out.
And then one day, sitting on a pile of rag(e/s),
I screamed
“I could do that!”
And, sure enough, I did…
And I'm here to tell you:
Things have (gloriously)
never been the same
since then.
About the artist
In the 'topside' world, I currently live in Honolulu, Hawaii and teach in the English Department at Hawaii Pacific University. In the current that flows under the surface, I am a writer who also works in the mediums of photographs, collage, and masks.
(With gratitude to Wild Woman Rising for allowing this image to appear here as well as there.)
(With gratitude to Wild Woman Rising for allowing this image to appear here as well as there.)