Pam Schwetz

QUESTIONING ANSWERS

WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS

WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING

WHY YOU'RE ALWAYS QUESTIONING

ANSWERS THAT ARE SHOWING

ARE YOU COMING OR GOING

WITH THOUGHTS OVERFLOWING 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS MAKES ME THINK OF WHEN I HOUSEMANAGED DOING MY USHERS SPEECH LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT I NEEDED HELP WITH FOR THE SHOW...WHEN I GOT TO THE END OF THE SPEECH I WOULD ASK  ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AND USUALLY THERE WERE NOT CUZ I WAS PRETTY THOROUGH SO IF THEY PAID ATTENTION THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS...SO I WOULD FOLLOW IT  UP WITH...ARE THERE ANY ANSWERS...THAT ALWAYS GOT A LAUGH...ONLY ONCE I REMEMBER SOMEONE RESPONDING WITH A STRANGE ANSWER THAT  STUMPED ME...HA HA...CAUGHT ME OFFGUARD...UNEXPECTED...THEY MUST HAVE USHERED FOR ME BEFORE AND CAME PREPARED WITH AN ANSWER...HA HA

BEYOND COMPREHENSION

PREMONITIONS

DE JA VU

HAVE THEY EVER 

HAPPENED TO YOU

UNEXPLAINED

THE REMAIN

UNDENIABLE

CERTIFIABLE

MESSAGES FROM BEYOND

THIS PLANE WE ARE ON

BEYOND COMPREHENSION

DEMANDING ATTENTION  

Author's Notes/Comments: 

ORIGINALLY TITLED MESSAGES FROM BEYOND...THE LAST TWO LINES CAME AS I WAS COPYING THE POEM OVER HERE AND THE TITLE WAS CHANGED...

A MOMENT IN TIME

A MOMENT IN TIME

SO FLEETING

SO BRIEF

SOME CHERISHED MEMORIES

NEVER CEASE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THIS CAME TO ME WHILE LISTENING TO  ALEXA READ THE KINDLE BOOK JIMMY AND ME BY LEW BRACKER...SO MANY MOMENTS IN TIME...SOME LAST A LIFETIME...THOSE CHERISHED MEMORIES...

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

THERE IS NO MISTER RIGHT OR WRONG

BUT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

YOU MAY COME ACROSS SOMEONE

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHING LITTLE WOMEN AND A LINE POPPED OUT AT ME SOMETHING LIKE   YOU DON'T NEED MANY SUITORS YOU ONLY NEED ONE IF HE'S THE RIGHT ONE....AND I GOT TO THINKING HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE OR THE WRONG ONE...MY GUESS WOULD BE MOST WOULD FALL SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN...

TO KEEP OUR DIGNITY

WHY IS IT SOME FALL IN LOVE

SO VERY EASILY

WHILE OTHERS KEEP UP THEIR GUARD

PREFERRING TO BE FREE

WHY IS IT WE TRY SO HARD

TO KEEP OUR DIGNITY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I THINK THE TITLE AND LAST LINE ONE IN THE SAME  ANSWERS THAT QUESTION...

MOST UNFATHOMABLE THINGS

ONCE THERE WAS A WELL SO DEEP

THE BOTTOM COULDN'T BE REACHED

IT SEEMED TO BE A BOTTOMLESS PIT 

IT WAS SO DARK IT COULDN'T BE LIT

MANY MYTHS WERE WRITTEN ABOUT IT

MANY THEORIES CIRCLED ROUND

BUT NO ANSWER COULD BE FOUND

ECHOS THERE WERE QUITE PROFOUND

ONE NEED ONLY HEAR THE SOUND

OF DEEPER THOUGHTS LINGERING

THEY WOULD BE IMAGINING

MOST UNFATHOMABLE THINGS

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

I HAD THE FIRST TWO LINES STUCK IN MY HEAD AND THE REST JUST FOLLOED ALONG...IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SHORT STORY TO ME...

HOW RELATIVE TRUTH IS

I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR

HOW RELATIVE TRUTH IS

WHEN IT ONCE WAS CLEAR

THINGS WERE TRUE OR FALSE

WHEN WHAT WE BELIEVE IS TRUE

IS TRUE FOR ME OR YOU

AND IT'S OFTEN NOT THE SAME

SO IT'S HARDER TO PROCLAIM

THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS
THERE IS NO SIMPLE TRUTH
Author's Notes/Comments: 

THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THERE IS NO SIMPLE TRUTH CAME AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. I MEAN  YA THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE TRUTHS OUT THERE THAT ARE TRUE FOR EVERYONE  BUT I AM TALKING ON A DEEPER LEVEL I GUESS...A LOT OF IT INVOLVES INTERPRETATION OF FACTS AS YOU SEE THEM...IT'S FUNNY I WAS THINKING OF AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE TRUTH LIKE THE SKY IS UP BUT IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT...THE EARTH IS A PLANET ROTATING IN SPACE AND WE ARE HELD IN PLACE BY GRAVITY SO SOMETIMES UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP AND  COULD BE SIDEWAYS EVEN...I REMEMBER WRITING A POEM A LONG TIME AGO THAT HAD A LINE IT IT...UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP THANKS TO THE FORCE OF GRAVITY...I HAVE OFTEN PONDERED THAT...OR MAYBE SINCE THE SKY IS PART OF SPACE WHERE THERE IS NO UP OR DOWN REALLY....IT GETS CONFUSING IF YOU OVER THINK IT...SO IT IS RELATIVE TO OUR OBSERVATION OF IT BEING ABOVE US THAT THE SKY IS UP...OR THE SKY IS BLUE...I FORGET IF THAT IS AN ILLUSION OR LAKES OR OCEANS OR BODIES OF WATER APPEAR TO BE BLUE BUT THEY JUST REFLECT THE SKY...MAYBE THAT IS IT THE WATER APPEARS BLUE SOMETIMES BUT IT IS ACTUALLY CLEAR AND REFLECTING THE BLUE SKY...SO MAYBE THE SKY IS BLUE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE TRUTH THAT EVERYONE BELIEVES TO BE TRUE...OR JUST SEEMS TO BE AN OBVIOUS TRUTH...

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SCORPIONS AT THE MOVIE THEATER

ANOTHER TIME I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE A BAND...THIS WHOLE SITUATION WAS RIDICULOUS. I USED TO WORK AT THE MOVIE THEATER DURING THE DAY BUT SOMETIMES ENDED UP WORKING ALL DAY CUZ PEOPLE WOULD CALL OFF AND THE MANAGER WOULD ASK ME TO STAY  OR PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME TO COVER THEIR SHIFT...THIS PARTICULAR TIME A GIRL THAT WORKED WITH ME OLGA ASKED ME IF I COULD COVER HER SHIFT CUZ SHE WANTED TO GO SEE A SCORPIONS CONCERT...SO I WAS LIKE YA SURE....AND SO...IT GETS TO THE END OF THE NIGHT AND THE LAST MOVIE IS STARTING SOON...IT WAS TOOTSIE. A BUNCH OF GUYS WITH GERMAN ACCENTS CAME  TO ORDER SOME STUFF. ONE GUY SAID DO YOU HAVE BEER HERE...ANOTHER ASKED FOR WINE...I WENT INTO A SORT OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE  BELUSHI THING THINKING OF COKE NO PEPSI...I WAS LIKE COKE NO BEER, NO WINE....COKE OR SPRITE OR ORANGE....THEY SEEMED SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ALCOHOL. THEY SAID THEY HAD IT AT MOVIE THEATERS BACK HOME. I WAS SURPRISED. I NEVER HEARD OF MOVIE THEATERS SELLING ALCOHOL...THEN THEY WERE ASKING WHAT SIZE POPCORN I HAD...WE WERE JOKING AROUND BACK AND FORTH AND I NOTICED AN USHER CLOSED ONE OF THE DOORS AND THE PREVIEWS HAD STARTRED AND I WAS LIKE GUYS YOU GOTTA MAKE UP YOUR MINDS WHAT YOU WANT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT TO START...YOU'RE GONNA MISS THE BEGINNING...TRYING TO HURRY THEM ALONG TO GET IN THERE ON TIME...THEY KEPT JOKING AROUND FINALLY DECIDED WHAT THEY WANTED AND I JOKINGLY SAID YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE AN ACT AND THEY SAID WE DO...AND I SAID YA SURE YOU DO...WELL YOU SHOULD... AND THEY FINALLY WENT IN TO SEE THEIR MOVIE....NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT I SAW A PICTURE OF THE SCORPIONS AND I WAS LIKE OH NO...THERE'S DO YOU HAVE BEER...THERE'S DO YOU HAVE WINE....THAT WAS THEM AND OLGA ASKED ME TO COVER HER SHIFT SO SHE COULD SEE THEIR CONCERT....IF SHE HAD WORKED THAT NIGHT SHE COULD HAVE MET THEM..VERY STRANGE COINCIDENCE...WEIRD STUFF HAPPENING IS BY NO MEANS UNUSUAL IN MY LIFE...HA HA...BUT IT MAKES AN INTERESTING STORY AFTER THE FACT...I THINK...ANYWAYS KINDA SORTA MET THE SCORPIONS WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THEY WERE...JUST JOKING AROUND WITH THEM LIKE I DID WITH  EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SEE THE MOVIES....

Author's Notes/Comments: 

AFTER SHARING THE CARS MEMORY I THOUGHT OF ANOTHER TIME A BAND CAME IN SOMEWHERE I WORKED THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE....IT WAS A WEIRD SITUATION AFTER THE FACT REALIZING WHO THEY WERE CUZ I WAS COVERING A SHIFT FOR A GIRL WHO WANTED TO SEE THEIR CONCERT AND TAKE THE NIGHT OFF AND IF  SHE HAD TO WORK SHE WOULD HAVE MET THEM THAT NIGHT...OH WELL...SHE ENJOYED THE CONCERT...BUT I STILL WISH SHE COULD HAVE MET THEM. SHE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHO THEY WERE....

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THE CARS IN THE BAKERY

THIS IS A FUNNY STORY...WHEN I WORKED AT THE BAKERY AT WATER TOWER PLACE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I USED TO CASHIER WHEN I FIRST STARTED THERE AND I WOULD LOCK UP AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER THE MANAGER LEFT. I USED TO BRING MY CASSETTE TAPE PLAYER WITH ME AND AFTER THE MANAGER LEFT I WOULD PLAY MY OWN MUSIC I BROUGHT WITH ME. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY I WAS PLAYING THE CARS ALBUM. USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE CAME TO THE BAKERY THEY WOULD BUY WHATEVER THEY WANTED AND LEAVE. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO SIT DOWN IN THERE OR HANG AROUND...WELL THIS TIME A GROUP OF  GUYS WALKED IN AND TOOK A LONG TIME DECIDING WHAT THEY WANTED TO GET AND THEN AFTER THEY GOT IT THEY HUNG AROUND IN THE BAKERY. EVERY SO OFTEN  I WOULD SAY CAN I HELP YOU...DID YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE...THEY JUST SMILED AND SHOOK THEIR HEADS. I HAD NO IDEA WHY THEY WERE HANGING AROUND AND IT WAS MAKING ME KINDA NERVOUS....AFTER QUITE AWHILE THEY FINALLY LEFT. NOT LONG AFTER THAT MY RECEPTIONIST FRIEND AT THE  RADIO STATION SANDY BROUGHT ME  A FREE NEW CARS ALBUM CALLED  CANDY O...THE ALBUM HAD  A PICTURE OF THE BAND AND WHEN I SAW IT I WAS LIKE OH MAN NOW I KNOW WHY THOSE GUYS WERE HANGING AROUND....I WAS PLAYING THEIR MUSIC ON MY CASSETTE PLAYER AND THEY PROBABLY FOUND IT FUNNY THAT I DIDNN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE OR WERE WAITING FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THEM OR SOMETHING...WHO KNOWS...BUT STILL...MYSTERY SOLVED...BUYING CASSETTES MOSTLY FROM COLUMBIA HOUSE I NEVER REALLY SAW PICTURES OF BANDS THAT WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE NOR DID I CARE REALLY. I WAS JUST INTO THE MUSIC...THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT  HAPPENED TO ME THAT I KNOW OF....

Author's Notes/Comments: 

CAN YOU IMAGINE PLAYING SOME BANDS MUSIC AND THEY WALK IN WAITING FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND YOU DON'T...IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU...IT HAPPENED TO ME...HA HA

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