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Tag Archives: hunger
easter dinner – April 16
4.16.2017 the family feast gone, more food than possible because each brought, made provided more than asked and consumed, ate, took, less than expected. but the conversation said hello, and little voices played around the table feet and … Continue reading
she asks for four – July 1
7.1.2015 she asks for four bag lunches each morning supposedly for children unseen her approach is slow, steady head down covered up in her coat and hat expression blank responses mono-syllabic as if life has … Continue reading
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Tagged care, compassion, grace, homeless, hunger, lonlieness, need, nourishment, pain, Prayer, souls, struggle
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first-world problem – August 27
8.27.2014 worst dinner out terrible service in an expensive setting. slow, graceless uncomfortable and uncaring but a first-world problem. while people starve who would wait half a day for even a nibble chalk it up. —————————-
with my lover away – May 2
5.2.2014 with my lover away, the day moves oh so slowly if she was upstairs out of sight but there in the next room then life would move at its normal speed as would I but she … Continue reading
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Tagged connection, hunger, loneliness, love, lovers, nearness, perception, relationship, time
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Lent Prayer 7 – March 11
Lent Prayer 7 hunger builds up Lord for more than I need, while others go needing for less than I crave. may my fast be one of the heart and the body teach me to want what … Continue reading
the humanist club – February 8
2.8.2014 the humanist club got upset today because the local school took a class to see a hunger feeding program up close that was run by a church group. wouldn’t want the young minds to know the truth that … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, care, censorship, faith, fear, feeding, God, helping, humanist, humanity, hunger, Martin Luther King, MLK Jr, Religion, repression, statistics, theology, truth
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the men that walk in – January 30
1.30 the men that walk in are the same age as me or younger we wear the same jeans, blue slightly worn. our tan winter jackets and pullover caps match. and I hand them a bag lunch or … Continue reading
a couple of milkbones – October 10
10.10 a couple of milkbones and he is a goner. nudge me this way pull me that, only just get me to the guy with the bones. doggie looks up with those big lying eyes feed me, feed … Continue reading
puppy love – April 26
4.26 puppy shows up to be fed with a friend. hungry strays telling each other where to find a meal. maybe Jesus-dog taught her from that place where canines know things they only hint to us in wags. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal knowledge, animals, Christianity, dogs, friends, God, gospel, hunger, Jesus, Jesus-dog, love, Religion and Spirituality, sharing, strays
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