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mower world – July 18

Posted on July 19, 2014 by landl30

  7:18.2014 atop my mower world beater, creeper, steeper   I demand nature to my call   until the froglets flee tiny, leaping, terrified for their lives   and I count the cost of living, and having mercy.   I … Continue reading →

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friends pass – June 9

Posted on June 10, 2014 by landl30

6.9.2014 friends pass sometimes because the cancer caught up to them   some because they stuck a needle into their arm one too many times and the heroin got ‘em   some simply dropped one day in the library stacks … Continue reading →

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Death of A Salesman – December 11

Posted on December 12, 2013 by landl30

1211 Willy had him no idea nor either so did Biff. Until life forced the one to find. And one to fall beneath the cliff. ——————-  

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unintended consequences – December 7

Posted on December 8, 2013 by landl30

12.7 brown red feathered body, orange beak to its side, lies cold upon the snow packed porch.   we washed the window clean to improve our view, never meaning to bring death. ———————-

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scientific orthodoxy – September 29

Posted on September 29, 2013 by landl30

9.29 scientific orthodoxy seems so afraid these days of anything bespeaking eternity.   as if only a dead end trap of dying rocks will do for measuring and testing worlds   dried up and dying, ending and sighing, the robotic … Continue reading →

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blip, he moved – August 24

Posted on August 24, 2013 by landl30

8.24 blip, he moved. or she. tiny frog in the maw of my mower.   his life is in your hands the voice said. so I move carefully.   it’s only a lawn, weeds scruff, things to be taken down … Continue reading →

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swept along – June 29

Posted on June 30, 2013 by landl30

6.29 he left on the great adventure next stop on the starlight express that we all hope to hitch a ride on   images of heaven, joy, clouds, whatever, speak of life as a start. ad venture. towards.   even … Continue reading →

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why does God let people die in bathrooms – June 26

Posted on June 28, 2013 by landl30

6.26 why does God let people die in bathrooms, his son asked. we have to be somewhere, is all I could think to reply. Our bodies know their limits and their bounds.   I awoke today feeling the limits of … Continue reading →

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ashes to ashes – May 29

Posted on May 30, 2013 by landl30

5.29 The plain paper package rests on the kitchen table, eighteen inches high by six across. Cylindrical, Inviting. shoosh, shoosh, shoosh,   My neighbor having sat down to coffee and a chat, notes the odd sound from within as I … Continue reading →

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domain regrets – May 19

Posted on May 19, 2013 by landl30

5.19 The turtle’s shell spit out of my mower’s chute as I sped to prune my domain. I thought it had been a rock in the leaves. Turning it over was just ugly.   My lawn wasn’t worth his life. … Continue reading →

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