Bansky photo by Mindgallery
Missed Connections in Brooklyn
Better
i always liked how bob dylan phrased it
you don’t need a weather man to tell you which way the wind is blowing
but things are so complicated now
and so much money is on the line
and so much has been lost
which makes people
un easy
not only big corporations but the so called everyman
and women
maybe we’ve lost our way as a human race
and the question is
how do we find our way back
because certainly with all of that money lost
it could have been spent
better
Her Two Cents
Mindgalley could be called the original missed connections poet – and his Brooklyn poems generate responses, copycats, and the occasional hater who just doesn’t seem to get what poetry is all about (In their defense, they’re probably of the mindset that all messages should conform to a literal definition and focus strictly on encounters on the subway, in a bar, at the gym, on the street…). While this poem references Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues, it reminds me of the lyrics from Like a Rolling Stone. Some days, it’s easy to feel like there’s no direction home; like we’re all struggling in a sea of complete unknowns.
