{"id":1948,"date":"2012-10-23T22:23:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T22:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=1948"},"modified":"2012-10-23T22:23:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T22:23:32","slug":"bud-smith-1012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/bud-smith-1012\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud Smith, 10\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Illustrated Book of American Songbirds<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what any of these things are called
\nLooking out the window
\nAt the trees
\nI can pick out one
\nA pine tree
\n-alright, so I know what a pine tree is
\nI can look at all the birds swooping around
\nsometimes if there\u2019s a blue one
\nI can say, \u201coh look, there\u2019s a bluejay\u201d
\nI suppose I could spot a cardinal too
\nor a seagull
\nother than that\u2026<\/p>\n

the people
\nI don\u2019t know how to describe them
\nso I don\u2019t
\nthe names of all the clever bones in their faces
\nand elaborate connections to distant homelands
\nI barely know about this town
\nand only know about this town
\nbecause the names painted in BIG block letters
\non the water tower
\nthese details
\nthey\u2019re good to know
\nto reference right?<\/p>\n

I should get myself an illustrated book of American songbirds.
\nI should get a comprehensive field guide to regional vegetation, too
\nlow lying shrubs, weird grasses
\nfancy vines with neon flowers
\nI\u2019m supposed to have all that stuff in here, aren\u2019t I?<\/p>\n

and the cars, I don\u2019t know what any of the cars are
\nexcept the one I drive
\nI could tell you the make and model of that one,
\nall the others, I have no idea
\nso I should get a book on cars too
\nknow all the Kelly Blue Book values
\nand projected mileage for each
\nit would help my writing dramatically<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to get myself a current edition
\nof the Chicago Style Guide
\nand I\u2019m going to carefully study it
\nuntil I understand what a semi colon
\ncould possibly be used for
\nI get the impression that would really open new doors for me<\/p>\n

And since my description of colors
\nis limited to the primary colors exclusively
\nWith sometimes the word \u201cneon\u201d
\nstuck in there
\nI\u2019m going to get myself a deluxe box
\nOf 1000 Crayola crayons and I\u2019m gonna spread them all out on the floor
\nand learn the names of each of those colors
\nand I\u2019m going to use them
\nto my advantage<\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

sickness, disease, suffering
\nI should interview a nurse who works the night shift at the ER
\nthat would be good for me
\nlearning about all that
\nor I should just go to the ER tonight for some reason
\nlet me look around
\nfind a way to get myself hurt<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really want to get myself into a motorcycle crash,
\nbut I feel like that kind of thing would be good for my writing<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bio:
\nBud Smith is a writer living in Washington Heights, NYC and is the author of the short story collection OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. His work has recently appeared in The Bicycle Review. Red Fez and Citizens of Decent Literature, among others. Also, he likes beer more than soda and soda less than water. www.budsmithwrites.com or @bud_smith<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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