APRIL 3, 2026 LIVING ARCHIVE GROUNDCOVER NEWS 11 Emotions Costumes LA SHAWN COURTWRIGHT Groundcover writer Didn't know how to deal with all of the emotions I often felt at one time Most of them did not belong to me They were the ones I was dealt Those seem to be dominating any and every part of my own Feelings that remained or not usually felt No one to tell about what I was feeling I didn't know how to be vulnerable Cause every time I opened up about these things Most of the times the person I'd tell Made me feel more ashamed, of what I had revealed to them, Cause basically it wasn't what I told them It was me as a whole... they were not ready or willing to accept When they had hurt me My other emotions conjured an escape emotion In the form of a miracle drug It seemed at the time It was a temporary fix, that made my mind fly to the sky, as high or above the mountains peaks At least that is what, how I was feeling, for that moment, I thought, I think My feet were not on the ground The drugs' effects had lifted me up out of harm's way For a lil while I had managed my own escape Then came the emotions of the comedown Oh, what a let down! Again, that, those emotions were right back there again They're Not a Game Originally published September 1, 2022. Trying to be heard as a brother of those unheard JOE WOODS Groundcover vendor No. 103 It’s funny how people just look at a person’s costumes Prejudging before getting to know a person Costumes Categorizing just because of a person’s garment He’s a nerd because he wears High Waters, he’s a thug because he wears baggy jeans Costumes It’s weird how a person’s costume can determine how a person may act towards you If you’re in a shirt and tie and speak to somebody they will speak If you’re wearing holey, bummy clothes and speak to somebody they ignore you Costumes As a Groundcover vendor, I wore many costumes and got many different reactions from people Let’s take time to open our minds and get to know people and not just look at their costumes Originally published in the Groundcover News 2017 Vendor Reality Retrospective Anthology. Lost dog CHRISTOPHER ELLIS Groundcover vendor No. 483 PHILIP SPINK Groundcover vendor No. 630 I am discovering how difficult it is To be listened to by the mainstream, When trying to stay a brother of the unheard, By speaking first for the love of those Out ragged in the sun and winds and on dusty corners, And so of the too discounted root. It is natural to want to be of the mainstream, Yet in the silence of lower tributaries of status There are often people of higher waters Of true kindness, modesty and wisdom. Originally published December 29, 2023. The picture on the tree a sentiment human akin Some are adrift are all Is the whole wide world In this Population densed and filled and no place unclaimed Is lostness real Where is that dog but we are all here. Originally published in June 2019.
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