The Ladies of Goodwill
are always
present and ready;
in aprons and tasseled hair buns,
standing in backrooms
rich with the pop sounds of FM radio,
sifting through the hopes and dreams
of the cluttered people who are
trying to make their ways
lead back to better days.
One 20 minute parking spot
was all that was needed to come
marching into this portal
of the amazing graces and their
gentle, no nonsense smiles.
The Ladies of Goodwill took
their open arms and welcomed in
the memories and the ignored snapshots
and sometimes
the not very well thought out
impulse shouts that someone
hurled across the fields of
our dreams without once
consulting their better halves first.
Slowly and meticulously
combing through it all,
these ladies of forward motion,
these Goddesses of the ultimate sieve,
they funnel in the fodder
of human pacification and leave
in the wake and up to our knees,
the baptism of freedom
and the gentle kiss of goodwill.
Jeremy Szuder is a chef by night and creator of poetry and illustration work by day. His past track record in the arts includes; 15 years as a musician in various bands (drums, vocals), graphic design work for clothing/skateboard companies, 25 plus years of self published Zines, showings of fine art in the underground art scene, a 10 year plus stint deejaying at various events all across the city, and at present time continues to have both illustrations and poems published by over a dozen fine art and literary publications all across the U.S.A. as well as Canada. Jeremy Szuder continues to call Los Angeles California via Glendale his home at present.
Workshops, Open Mics, Readings at the Sims Library (or virtually)
