Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 29-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Making art
like packing snowballs
to chuck at trucks going by
at night.
The snowball smacks the logo
and slides down the side of the truck
over the slogan,
slush dripping onto the wet,
black road.
The truck speeds off to its destination
and soon enough spring arrives
and then summer
when one becomes preoccupied
with finding the right blade of grass
to hold between one’s thumbs
to make a whistle,
understanding that some nouns
are also verbs.
And then fall.
The following winter
one doesn’t care
about snowballs
and trucks
and some of us
like to think
about why.
that is.
“Frozen Rain,” from Sitting On Snaps (Matador, 1995; Smarten UP!, 2009) (download):
