tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74908290918664520492024-03-18T11:03:47.811-07:00Catastrophe and Blisssomewhere in the chaos and the calm, may you find your Self in all of your splendorMarchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.comBlogger759125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-4011298828708692562024-03-18T11:03:00.000-07:002024-03-18T11:03:15.499-07:00bare arms of winter tree<p><br /></p><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2228; display: table; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; outline: none !important; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 956.8px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div id="yiv8491027141" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div class="yiv8491027141yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">bare arms of winter tree</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">ebony harmony</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">swaying beautiful because</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">it has survived</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">and spring shows its nose</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">turning that corner</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">in crocus pocus</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">in buds of rose</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"></div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-39190827843766715432024-02-25T19:07:00.000-08:002024-02-25T19:07:00.341-08:00farther and farther<p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">farther and farther</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">away from your goal</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Paul Simon sang</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">he was slip-slidin' away</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">I thought he was crazy</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">or a pessimist, still</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">after all these years</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">there's no conquering that hill</div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-24254357140218341692024-02-24T19:21:00.000-08:002024-02-24T19:21:39.349-08:00warplanes, cafe jazz<p><br /></p><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2228; display: table; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; outline: none !important; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 956.8px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div id="yiv0236174544" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div class="yiv0236174544yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the warplanes are not blotting out</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the cafe jazz, here at Blackbird</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">I'm certain, where the buildings crumble</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">there is no music but jets above</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">bombs below, and roadside explosions</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">I am fortunate, as so many find themselves</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">even the tiny sufferings and shame</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">that mark my charmed existence</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">are small enough to be immeasurable</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">in the jetsam and sputum of history coughing</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">washed down the gullet of time</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">inconsequence and grace</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">make me more fat and comfortable</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">than I have right to be</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"></div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-31731429662869639012024-02-14T14:43:00.000-08:002024-02-14T14:43:08.472-08:00to be honored<p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">any spectacle</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">worth honoring...</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> not the tacky red gaud</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> of TV reality</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> not your derisive laughter</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> nor your feeling superior</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> in how you live --</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> punching into the world,</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> knifing the air in front of you</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> with a clean nose</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">...but a window</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">onto a slice of life</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">so sweet and charming</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">so full of baby's s laughter</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">and old man's wispy beard</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">the hand that rocks the soul</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">has held the infant Jesus</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">while Mary relieved herself</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">in the brambles</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">that hand reached in</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">and pulled twenty men</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">out of a collapsing coal mine</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">everyone deserves transformation</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">but not all should be inducted</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">in your heart, holy of holies</div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-71043432690439007962023-12-10T15:53:00.000-08:002023-12-10T15:53:43.805-08:00with one voice<p><br /></p><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2228; display: table; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; outline: none !important; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 956.8px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div id="yiv1117693496" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div class="yiv1117693496yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">we sing with one voice</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">mine, the same as yours</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the moon pulls our strings</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">three-quarters water, one quarter mud</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the moon moves our tides</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">influences our moods</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the sun is mother to planets</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">moons, meteors, other debris</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">it is a lonely job</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the whisper of distant stars</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">keep her company</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">warm her endless night</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"></div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-65100053505316166872023-10-22T09:38:00.001-07:002023-10-22T09:38:12.353-07:00link to my substack blog -- short stories and memoir<p> <a href="https://marcmannheimer.substack.com/">https://marcmannheimer.substack.com/</a></p><p>More Catastrophe and Bliss</p>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-31153999123693905892023-09-22T19:06:00.001-07:002023-09-22T19:06:12.513-07:00the she<p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">I tell people</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">she comes from my hometown</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">they think I am delusional</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">"that doesn't mean</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">you are meant for each other"</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">she comes from Mumbai</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">and I, from Cleveland, Ohio</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">her heart sings a one-note</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">symphony, lets me know</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">I am alive and well, and I am good</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">her smile</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">breaks down the wall of every grand </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">temple housing a false god</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">her feet forge a path</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">to the secret, sacred lamp</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">of my innermost heart-hovel</div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-70210731021046766622023-09-22T19:04:00.001-07:002023-09-22T19:04:04.876-07:00the power of confusion<p><br /></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">don't underestimate</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">the power</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">of confusion</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">in a field</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">in the dusky mist</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">of early autumn</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">I cannot see</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">what I cannot imagine</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">but the horses come</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">eat apples from my hand</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">bestow their grace</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">on my eyes</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">I see the quivering light, then</span></p><p class="yiv7346333935ydp520a4425MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: "Rounded MT sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; outline: none !important;">of my bewildered heart</span></p>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-62034991803105776342023-09-10T19:19:00.000-07:002023-09-10T19:19:06.553-07:00the beginning of the end, or, blame is always shared, isn't it?<p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">i<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">she
was kind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">to
outsiders, always<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">a
defense witness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">for
anybody living<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">on the
fringe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I once
asked her "If Jesus came back<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">and
asked you to do one thing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">would
you do it?"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">she
smiled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">and
said nothing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">later
confided in me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">she
felt Jesus wanted her<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">to
finish college<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">get a
religion degree<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">become
a pastor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">so she
applied for a student loan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">went
back to school<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">for
two weeks, then<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">declaring
there is no God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">dropped
out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">ii<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">the
loan dogged her<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">she
moved out of town<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">a
defense witness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">for
everyone scrapping their way<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">through
an alternative lifestyle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">fell
in love <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">with a
heroin addict<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">the
rest is calculable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">simple
math, but exponents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">must
be tacked on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">to the
grief<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">spread
liberally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">amongst
us all<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-54656470253243766402023-09-03T14:03:00.002-07:002023-09-03T14:03:31.573-07:00from one cup to another<p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">science and religion</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">which were both there before you</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">at one time, were indistinguishable</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">may your hope be manifest</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">a car was once just a thought</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">maybe that's how it works</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">if you are of a scientific mind</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">open it</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">maybe God doesn't exist</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">but maybe does</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">maybe God is a teacup full of consciousness</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">in a palace of consciousness</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">dreaming you dreaming peace</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">upon a world of wretched Godlings</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">take your place among the disquieted</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">and discontent</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">maybe together we can decide</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">what to do about this constellation</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">of conflict</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">we project onto one another</div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-61124670809548737002023-09-01T19:25:00.006-07:002023-09-01T19:25:33.163-07:00going home<p><br /></p><div class="yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx11i5rnm yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxat24cr yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1mh8g0r yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1vvkbs yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxtlvy1s yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "UI Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">"I've never been there</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">But I know the way</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">I'm going to go</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">back <span style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;"></span>there some day" --</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">Gonzo, The Muppet Movie</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">--</div></div><div class="yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx11i5rnm yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxat24cr yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1mh8g0r yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1vvkbs yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxtlvy1s yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "UI Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">the myth of the orphan</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">often a boy king</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">a great woman shaman</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">a savior of their people</div></div><div class="yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx11i5rnm yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxat24cr yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1mh8g0r yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1vvkbs yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxtlvy1s yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "UI Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">I'd rather just be happy</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">stop feeling like I was miscast</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">in a play about someone else's life</div></div><div class="yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx11i5rnm yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxat24cr yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1mh8g0r yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1vvkbs yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxtlvy1s yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "UI Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">a misfit? THAT doesn't even fit</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">a stranger? even stranger</div></div><div class="yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx11i5rnm yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxat24cr yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1mh8g0r yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1vvkbs yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxtlvy1s yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "UI Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">make no mistake</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">we are all orphans</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">from another place</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">another plane, another world</div></div><div class="yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx11i5rnm yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxat24cr yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1mh8g0r yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1vvkbs yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxtlvy1s yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "UI Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">the real loss</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">when we are so embroiled</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">fixated on attaining something here</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">we don't even care about something</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">that remotely sounds like peace</div></div><div class="yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx11i5rnm yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxat24cr yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1mh8g0r yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx1vvkbs yiv0200758553ydp2107615dxtlvy1s yiv0200758553ydp2107615dx126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "UI Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none !important;"><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">windchimes ringing in the breeze</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">from the front porch</div><div style="font-family: inherit; outline: none !important;">of a home we never knew</div><div><br /></div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-70990723669755094022023-08-15T18:51:00.000-07:002023-08-15T18:51:06.657-07:00poetry that matters<p><br /></p><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2228; display: table; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; outline: none !important; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 956.8px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div id="yiv1856606427" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div class="yiv1856606427ydpc788c609yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">if you're looking to impart meaning</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">you've kind of missed it</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the point that hits home</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">is the one so close to heart</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">fed by swoosh of blood</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">and the reason you put it on paper</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">is because you must</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">compelled like frog croaks</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">from the depths of its belly</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">it's froggy lust, it's genetic imperative</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">or maybe you write for no reason at all</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">the poetry falling out on to page</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">a baby giraffe from a height</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">into dusty earth below</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">a mess of afterbirth following</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"></div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-21225414050570445442023-08-15T18:49:00.003-07:002023-08-15T18:49:59.967-07:00return of the pale orangutan<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">some 25 years ago they were all of 18 months old</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">playing on ropes and branches</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">natural comedians, easy attention addicts</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">a couple of hundred pounds later</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">they bask in the humid rainforest</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">a much larger enclosure where</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">with backs turned to those who crave a glimpse</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">of their vine-swinging, or face-mugging</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">even a drool…a long, grotesque strand</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">would be nice</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">no one gets what they want today</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">but I am content</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">these are my spirit brothers</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">I have come to visit</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">to absorb their dharma transmission</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">learn a new Zen gag</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">their higher order humor, these days</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">is pretending to be sluggish</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">dumb and depressed</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">full well knowing they have the upper hand</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">us two-limb walkers, consumers, gawkers</span></p><p class="yiv0747938241ydp9244582cMsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; outline: none !important;">will get no share of entertainment today</span></p>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-79275658823426853772023-08-08T19:50:00.001-07:002023-08-08T19:50:05.542-07:00wave<p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">a wave</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">moves through this world</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">stands still</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">quivers there, gentle</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">like a tiny rabbit</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">roars</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">a building</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">about to topple</div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-45896057235427721842023-06-20T19:06:00.003-07:002023-06-20T19:06:16.751-07:00Monkeys, We<p><br /></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">We monkeys</span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Learned to clean our teeth</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">To use a tool</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Pick bugs from feet</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">In time, sold lattes</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">For exorbitant loot</span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Built corporate entities</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Leeched common good</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Smashed their unions</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">And tip jars to boot</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;"> </span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Over oil to ship our delicate scones</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Went to war with sticks and stones</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Bombs and drones</span> to shield our wealth</span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Destroyed each other</span>, then ourselves</p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Empty handed</span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Empty souled</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Thought we’d won</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Then kingdom come</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Refused us in</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Voted us out</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">On butt cans kicked</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Us bloody louts</span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;"> </span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">So we monkeys conceded to share</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">We monkeys learned to open hand</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">And not demand</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">To give of heart</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Be just one part</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Of synergistic, mystic whole</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">That fills the well</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">From empty bowl</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">For them and thee</span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Instead of me</span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Come full circle</span></span></p><p class="yiv0155839914ydp1a83d5a4yiv5263834469ydpe75f1eeemsonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;">Monkeys we</span></span></p><div><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; outline: none !important;"><br /></span></span></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-16353161261781219552023-06-13T17:07:00.003-07:002023-06-13T20:23:29.251-07:00it's never just yes or no <p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">brown bed clothes</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">pajamas I cannot</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">lift</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">so heavy with</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">regrets from this</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">flightless day</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">never knowing when </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">the sun will set</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">again</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">it will be blue</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">a hallowed orgy</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;">of secret engines</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;"><br /></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-32350738014823532662023-04-11T18:36:00.000-07:002023-04-11T18:36:09.824-07:00karma shawarma<p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">is it true</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">I am alone</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">with my karma?</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">this doesn't bother me so much</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">but if it is true</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">that means you are, too</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">then, what can I do for you</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">your suffering, not my responsibility</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">nor the world's fractured agonies</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">is there any way I can help</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">is this even my concern?</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">some will surely ascend, unblemished</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">what of those who burn?</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">let's pretend</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">we're just people</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">by birth or cosmic joke</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">and my hand reaches out in space</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;">for yours and you take hold</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;" /></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-28529500671713852122023-04-10T17:55:00.002-07:002023-04-10T17:55:21.920-07:00the way light<p><br /></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">the way light</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">romances the glass</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">hits her with a slight</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">matter-of-factness</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">and me</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">a room away</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">getting only a bit</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">enough to read by</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">be by</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">understand</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">the shapes</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">in my mind by</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">that diluted gist of hope</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I get by by</div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-57586043975713519702023-04-07T20:08:00.004-07:002023-04-07T20:08:40.503-07:00(any good gambler knows when to) Let It Ride<p> </p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">We are sitting at 2<sup style="outline: none !important;">nd</sup> Seder</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">A temple-sponsored event</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">He asks which one is the wine glass</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">And which the water glass</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;"> </p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">I say it is simple</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">The wine glass is smaller</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">He asks if the waiters can tell us</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">I say, of course they can</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">Wanna bet on it? he asks</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">Can we bet during Passover?</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">Sure, it’s not the high holy days</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">So we each put a dollar on it</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;"> </p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">When the waitress rolls around</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">He asks her</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">Could you tell me which one</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">Is the wine glass?</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;"> </p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">It is exactly as I said</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;"> </p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">His response,</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">Okay, good job</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">We’ll let it ride</p><p class="yiv8826706794ydp5c20ea71MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; outline: none !important;">Til the next bet</p>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-90686744312112802612023-03-23T16:31:00.005-07:002023-03-23T16:31:53.224-07:00a not entirely untrue story<p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tonight</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I found her Google signature picture</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Next to her comment</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Under a video</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">On youtube</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The War on Drugs</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Singing to us about “Holding On”</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Acoustic set</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Adam Granduciel’s voice, someone comments</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Is just like Dylan’s</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I think – it is reminiscent</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">But oh so much grander</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sliding home</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">On a fine dust of silver</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Yearning always for moments</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Unreachable</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">She thinks, she writes</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">These boys are golden</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">They were there for her</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">She explains</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">When others</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">(Like me, I presume)</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Were not</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">And the boys have fashioned</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The perfection of regret</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Into the perfect expression</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">A horrific muse</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Turned sonic hologram</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">That stands before me now</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Haunting </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Because I loved her so much</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">And was afraid to show it</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-39202518355631882042023-03-04T19:33:00.004-08:002023-03-04T19:33:42.470-08:00vocations<p><br /></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">babies know what to do</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">at the Mellow Mushroom</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">rant and scream</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">mom's know, too</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">wisk them off to the restroom</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">firmly, with panoramic care</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">the TV’s know</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">what tune they play</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Sponge Bob and ball games</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">and I am learning</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">to attend to my own business</span></div><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">yeah, real slowly, I am</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">read my magazine</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">about the Desert Fathers</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">waiting for my meatball hoagie</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">John the Dwarf, Abba Anthony</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">theirs was an interesting era</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">did nothing but toil</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">enjoyed their labor</span></p><p class="yiv9937176966ydp62fbbd85yiv0579703993ydp7ca188f0msonormal" style="background: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">no eye on the fruit</span></p><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-31772319300143334622023-03-04T13:13:00.005-08:002023-03-04T13:13:35.449-08:00the gravity<p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">we all mean well, I am thinking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">two boys watching at the window<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for their mom to arrive in an SUV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">baristas laughing, singing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">along with canned music<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">all the Catholic school kids<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">upstairs, yelling, guffawing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">joy and boredom play out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">even here, at Corporate Cafe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and when the world crashes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">when the Earth drowns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">when people abuse their positions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">like the people before them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and people rally to keep them <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">right where they are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">it's still true, I believe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">we all mean well<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">something just gets lost<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">between the rainy afternoon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and the umbrella<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the mistake<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and the recompense<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the danger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and the overreaching defense<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the fear for your own survival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and the fence you build<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to keep out the ghosts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">offer some grace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">maybe, be forgiving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">don't let those bastards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">get away with it, oh, no doubt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but don't hate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that's the gravity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that keeps the whole ball of dung<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rolling ever faster, heavier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">downhill<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-61204524578388394002023-03-04T13:05:00.005-08:002023-03-04T13:05:56.015-08:00origins<p><br /></p><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2228; display: table; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 940.037px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div><div id="yiv8780486785"><div><div class="yiv8780486785yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div dir="ltr">if time flows</div><div dir="ltr">in 2, or more</div><div dir="ltr">directions</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Brad Mehldau playing</div><div dir="ltr">I Am the Walrus</div><div dir="ltr">might be the origin</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">notes rising, smashing</div><div dir="ltr">ocean waves, vying for</div><div dir="ltr">the sun's attention</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">and poor, ickle Johnny</div><div dir="ltr">letting his knickers down</div><div dir="ltr">the weirdness of it all,</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">born at the ocean floor</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"></div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-82618754028763558352023-03-02T19:03:00.003-08:002023-03-02T19:03:15.830-08:00reach out<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to see me</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">is to see yourself</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">somehow</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">fat and dour</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ill at ease, never still</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you may notice</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a small bit of your grace</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a smidgen of your global neurosis</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in any case</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you're stuck with me</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">as all of us</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">are stuck with each other</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">reflections of reflections</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">reach out</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">make a new friend today</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you will be making friends</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with yourself</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all over again</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ending the age-old animosity</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">covering the soft heart</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of our vulnerability</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that touching each other</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we will tremble and weep</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and that pain of joy</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">will be our solidarity</div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490829091866452049.post-41657389298040365282023-02-14T19:22:00.006-08:002023-02-14T19:22:52.788-08:00of tantra, blah, blah<p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">raising of prohibitions</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">barring no action</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">nothing forbidden</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taking the poison</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">judiciously</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">freely choosing</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the minor key</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the flatted B</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the healing</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">injury</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">deep, round voices</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">synchronicity </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of conscious choices</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">authenticity</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">elusive bird</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">caught the lie</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">before it was heard</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">finding truth</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in all things,</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">inferred </div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503802898010451738noreply@blogger.com0