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Here I stand
It is most important
to keep your feet on the ground.
It’s all you’ve got for support
or to move forward with.
My work is all about
keeping my feet on the ground.
If this at times makes me a bit of a plodder,
it also affords me a solid perch
from which to leap. The trick is to land
in the right place, safely, upright, and,
if precariously, have another leap
left to swiftly launch again.
This brings to mind the time I was
a helicopter and hovering and somehow
the updraft of my main rotor funneled another
“o” up in front
and I started to suck up
all sorts of debris and cleaned out
a number of floors of Macy’s before I knew
what hit me. The ultimate shoplift:
don’t you know, brushes, pens, watches
came into my bag, and loose change so heavy
it couldn’t jangle and very nearly tore holes.
All of it really brought me down
to where I could see my feet back on the ground.
Wow, that was a close one but I did relearn
something animal science has long known:
it’s tough to fly in a vacuum.
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When my father
Here I stand
Postcard 1943
Smiles at mountains
Saving the roses
Guy time
Real Estate
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Neal Spitzer, artist, realist painter of people, paintings, portraits, portrait commissions, limited edition archival prints Poetry in Public Places Neal Spitzer, artist, realist painter of people, paintings, portraits, portrait commissions, limited edition archival prints Poetry in Public Places Neal Spitzer, artist, realist painter of people, paintings, portraits, portrait commissions, limited edition archival prints Poetry in Public Places Neal Spitzer, artist, realist painter of people, paintings, portraits, portrait commissions, limited edition archival prints
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