DEAR LOUISE, WHO IS READING PATTI SMITH'S
JUST KIDS
ALONG WITH OTHER DREAMERS I KNOW
JUST KIDS
ALONG WITH OTHER DREAMERS I KNOW
I don't believe any human is any more a phenomenon than another
Norbu included
Dylan included
Gandhi and Max Factor
It's a journey
You would land right into Patti Smith's hands
and vice-versa
I always believed she was caring
mostso after the epiphany of a sorts she
went through after her husband's death
having children
restocking her mind and life after
Mapplethorpe and others bowed out
She's one who lives by her ghosts, lives by her lover
Personally, my favorite kind
I believe she does work from an honesty
This is what raises her stakes much
higher than the mere hippie or beat
Ginsberg might be surprised an heir is not a guy nor a Cody
or a Dharma but a Chicago born gal, raised in Jersey
She may not be, but she appears quite
at-home with her looks, frame and being
She's hanging out laughing and serious
I also believe her relationship with
her parents is strong and vital to her
Not a runaway
even if she looks like the poster child for one
She carries her good contradictions
Louise Landes Levi, an afternoon in Rome
photo Patti Smith: www.rockrgrl.com/
photo Louise Landes Levi: :flickr.com/photos/
