Thursday, August 27, 2015

opening statements

THIS IS FOR YOU

this is for Johnny and Hunter and Terik
this is for the lost pencils and sluffing class
this is for "hipster" artists like bon iver and youth lagoon

this is for Paris
this is for those who have been hurt too many times
and for those who have hurt too many

this is for speaking for yourself
this is for the residents
and the tourists
and this is "for the ones who can still ride in airplanes"

this is for the real Sir Edmund Hillary
this is for May 29, 1953
this is for Mount Everest, my Paris

this is for me
this is for you
this is for anyone who reads this,
thank you


Photo: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are seen after their successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.