Blood vessels, blood shots.
Slit eyelids, blood drops. Pain wells
beneath the surface.
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Mindless drawings fill
pages with rockets, monsters,
and bug eyed portraits.
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Twitter storms, podcasts,
contradictions burn my ears.
Leave. Think for yourself.
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Shoulder to shoulder
Knee to knee. We sit. We stand.
Next stop, City Line.
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Thunderstorms at four.
Tide foam swallows her ankles.
Swisher Sweet tips glow.
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Black and white photo-
graphs, jog memory lapse through
school memory tracks.
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First seen in circulation February 52′
Could this strip be inspired from Schulz’s childhood? His father did own a barbershop in Minnesota.
Or taken from his own weekly visits to the barber?
The line Yes, sir, “It pays to look well” is subtle but real. I’ve never had my hair cut during the 1950’s, but that sounds like true old timey barber-speak to me.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iUSt6YCXMV0
You couldn’t look at Jason’s drawings and not be compelled to draw.
Two heartfelt tributes to an inspirational artist:
Draw whatever you want, by Austin Kleon
No One Looked at New York Like Jason Polan, by Jerry Saltz
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Grooved notes, scratched vinyl.
Rewinds Yellow Submarines
Microphone feeds back.
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Franz Ferdinand brew.
Milk, burnt toast, with ham slices
quells morning hunger.
Floodlights and Goalposts 