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Ho Ho HOLD it – November 20

11.20.2104 I have so many clothes STUFFING my drawers   so full I have to press down to fit them in   while people down town wrap an extra coat onto their backs   just to carry around what they … Continue reading

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It’s so cold – November 19

11.19.2014 It’s so cold Hands itch to stop The burn.   Lord where are you Lord send someone to save my life   One of those hands Teresa said were Christ’s   The only one’s He has To make a … Continue reading

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I yearn for you – November 11

11.11.2014 I yearn for you.   In my dreams you come as a lover whom I have lost and my heart to return to you, find you, drives me on.   Have you found another, no long care, where I … Continue reading

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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. —————————-  

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a face behind glass – June 19

6.19.2014 orange jumpsuit face behind glass voice through a phone to allay and let pass   facts. story. life lines of least and of worry. lawyerly motions so swiftly to bury   at age sixty two is life now so … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 12 – March 16

Lent Prayer 12 Lord my heart rests in you at days end   quiet comes to my room and I bow my head   in silent appreciation for all that filled my day   love, friends, warmth, possibilities and terrors … Continue reading

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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

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nothing more is needed- February 13

2.13 blank dark black trees against ever so gently falling snow like a woodcut print   we walked hand in hand to the waterfall with dog along to justify the outing   but it was just being with you, breathing … Continue reading

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the lone ranger has galloped away – July 6

7.6 the lone ranger has galloped away, into that sunset where memories go to sit on the shelf until we need them again.   when heroism and sacrifice come back into fashion because the ways of the cynic have lost … Continue reading

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