Family Group Day: Video Poem by Radames Ortiz

Family Group Day: Video Poem written and performed by poet Radames Ortiz featuring music by Jonathan Jindra aka "Trills", graphic design artist Alberto Capetillo and videographer Gilbert Camargo.

Here is the text to the poem Family Group Day


When I am in rehab there is this boy.
He is fourteen and has survived an overdose.

His nostrils are abysmal.
The nose itself is like a raw

fish. His fingers are tainted,
the knuckles are yellow.

When his mother accepts his apologies,
his heart collapses.

The meeting room is chaos
so we cannot hear the whimpers

when she absolves him.
The hours pass: slow, then slower.

Outside the window
the elm trees

their limbs sunken and snarled as regrets.

(c) Radames Ortiz 2009

For more info on poet Radames Ortiz visit:
http://theamplifiedbard.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/RadamesO

For more info on electronic musician Trills visit:
http://trillsband.com/

For more info on graphic designer Alberto Capetillo visit:
http://www.albertocapetillo.com/

For more info on video grapher Gilbert Camargo visit:
http://www.youtube.com/thegilb3rt

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• poety
• video poem
• multimedia
• art
• poems
• poets
• spoken word
• electronica
• trills
• visual arts
• rehab
• drug use
• overdose
• circuit
• bending
• music

[cheneezy]

I love this. I am super proud to say I published this poem about one month after you posted this video. Very cool.

[kimgroninga]

Nice job, friend. Kim