sometimes

sometimes 
when i set out to paint
or write a poem
or i find myself 
in a social interaction
or even just have to pack
for a vacation, 
for pete’s sake,
there is no choice
but to push up my sleeves 
and grapple 
with ALL MANNER 
of unexpected THINGS
I DO NOT KNOW 
and THEN 
come up 
with COUNTERMEASURES 
for the lack therein.

you know of what i speak.

—dotty seiter

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Notes about poem and art:
• “sometimes” and Drawing from Inner Resources were created at different times, several months apart and some time ago, one sitting in my sketchbook, the other on my computer in a folder named Poem Parking Lot. Today they both came back into my awareness. I like the way the art acts as a counterweight to the poem.