God and the Ducks

Wind ships
forty-five degree day
down river while
we huddle
asses against
muddy river bank
you folded into me
wrapping yourself
around my happy arm.
When we talk,
your words vibrtate
against it.
You hide from the wind
burrowing into me
whispering
purring
laughing
cursing
folding
tighter
closer
like you never
want to move again
but you do
we do
off into that other
world where
tedium waits
while all I want
is to climb inside you
and fall asleep
in our sweat
right here
downtown
on the river
in front
of god
and the ducks.

It's a Wise Man Who Knows His Limitations

Can't bend steel with my bare hands
no mighty building leaper either.

But I can make you
laugh
think
feel
hunger
sing
sigh
dance
and
reconsider
your options

Henry Sosnowski: Henry "Hank" Sosnowski, South Chicago born Polish-American followed his gypsy heart across America from Alaska's Aleutian Islands to North Carolina's shore. Following Brecht's edict that an artist must "First feed the face, then talk right and wrong," Sosnowski worked as a newsboy, caddy, fry cook, steel worker, blues musician, pipefitter, pool hustler/card shark, landscaper, railroad brakeman, auto part salesman, actor, warehouse manager, woman's clothing rep, waiter, missionary, writer, Alaskan game warden, book store manager, morning DJ, corporate VP, marketing director, dishwasher, factory worker, car salesman, handyman, customer service rep, janitor, teacher, hot rod show promoter.

Sosnowski currently lives and teaches in Reno, Nevada, inspiration for his one-man traveling show: "Write Before Your Eyes! Hank the Revelator - Live on Stage 24/7!" For one week, Sosnowski comes to town to write/perform/live on an outdoor stage replica of a 1930s writer's; garret, melding written, spoken and performance art.

Sosnowski is the winner of the 2006 Sierra Arts Foundation Writer's Grant.

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Email: Henry Sosnowski

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