tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139870922024-03-13T04:14:22.978-07:00Bro. BartlebyTruth (with a capital "T") is the elephant, and humanity the blind touching, sniffing, tasting, listening to this big "T" and of course we all rhapsodize a different tale (or tail?), yet in the end the big "T" is still the big "T" and all our various tales describe a tiny bit of that reality, the elephant.Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.comBlogger747125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-63637668552317961662020-01-28T10:14:00.001-08:002020-01-28T10:14:37.599-08:00What am I supposed to do<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">What am I supposed to do</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">when I wake</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">to this world</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">from faded dreams</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">like</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">winter daybreak<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">veiled in foggy darkness</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">thirteen point eight</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">billion years</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">of potential<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">spark inside<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">every cell</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">that I call</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">myself</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">before you</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">praying<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">sitting<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">in that chair</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">facing sunrise<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">through the window<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">each new day</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">far off</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">the fog<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">shrouded<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">trees</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">know what to do</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">as their leaves</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">ready</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">for the star</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">called Sun</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">to prepare<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">break fast</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">while I brew</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">two cups of coffee</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">that seem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">a fitting outcome</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">a tip of the arrow</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">of time</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">my time</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">our time</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">yet I wonder</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">if the quiver<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">holds </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">more arrows.</span></div>
Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-64837204806406375812020-01-24T10:43:00.003-08:002020-01-24T10:43:40.662-08:00A Blink of the Eye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">It happened so quick</span><br />
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I paused to reflect</div>
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afterward </div>
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to be precise</div>
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it seemed </div>
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it was all before </div>
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what was left</div>
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was afterward</div>
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with but hope</div>
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that memories </div>
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would remain </div>
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intact</div>
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did the red rose</div>
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greet my nose</div>
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did the foam </div>
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of the wave</div>
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greet my toes</div>
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did the finch</div>
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listen</div>
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to my sighs</div>
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while I await</div>
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the peach to ripen</div>
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under</div>
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the summer sun.</div>
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-68410176511268376752019-12-09T10:20:00.004-08:002019-12-09T10:20:33.953-08:00Diving for Truths<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Plunging down</span><br />
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into the unknown</div>
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I reach and take</div>
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again and again</div>
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then out of breath</div>
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I break the surface</div>
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gasping </div>
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for familiar air</div>
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my hands </div>
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still tightly gripped</div>
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I wait</div>
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my backpack heavy </div>
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with</div>
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colorful shells</div>
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abandoned homes</div>
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of those </div>
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with stories</div>
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never </div>
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told.</div>
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-57954312597566992992019-09-06T20:17:00.000-07:002019-09-06T20:17:11.943-07:00The Map<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I need that map</div>
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to find that place </div>
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I need to go</div>
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<br /></div>
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else postpone </div>
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my will </div>
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to go </div>
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I wake this morning </div>
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lost a dream</div>
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yet I find</div>
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<br /></div>
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time marks that spot</div>
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on the map</div>
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she kept in mind</div>
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for me</div>
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to find</div>
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-66856634704987992032019-07-10T13:50:00.002-07:002019-07-10T13:50:28.665-07:00Where are the words?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Where are the words?</span><br />
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When waiting for them</div>
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to arrive</div>
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I stand beside</div>
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empty tracks</div>
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awake in the still</div>
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darkness </div>
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day doesn’t break</div>
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I can’t remember</div>
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holding a just arrived</div>
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letter in hand</div>
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ballpoint penned words</div>
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vague memories</div>
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night sky stars</div>
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silent pin points</div>
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evening primroses</div>
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waiting for dawn</div>
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a black cat</div>
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awaits its next</div>
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meal</div>
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a pencil in hand</div>
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and a rover on Mars</div>
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finds not one</div>
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cigarette butt</div>
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left by a wayward</div>
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poet.</div>
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-23917984476253385712018-06-06T15:51:00.000-07:002018-06-06T15:51:10.976-07:00Meditation #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-68789817970663275602018-06-06T15:47:00.000-07:002018-06-06T15:47:00.606-07:00Meditation #4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-17018461550560879352018-05-16T10:49:00.001-07:002018-05-16T10:49:32.979-07:00Meditation #7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-42409592037635057922017-08-28T14:19:00.000-07:002017-08-28T14:19:08.862-07:00Madras, Oregon | August 21, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-42187531385987025832017-06-15T10:12:00.001-07:002017-06-15T10:12:53.491-07:00Bob Dylan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">... and it continues </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to this day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">he, a magpie, of sorts </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">collected not only </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">pretty</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">but the unusual </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">head scratching truth </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">missed by others </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">yet seen </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for the first time </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">open minds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">that open eyes </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">were blind to see </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">he filled his pockets</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">on streets and alleyways </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">his clickety clacking typewriter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">revealed </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">now empty pockets </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a mind smudged </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with black ink </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">hammered </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to white paper</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">messages </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">from the future</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">revealed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to our memories</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of the past.</span></div>
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-49622804385080836092017-04-22T15:12:00.002-07:002017-06-15T10:14:59.245-07:00Where have all the Bloggers Gone?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was as though </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">came suddenly </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">in the night </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">so that in the morning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I sneezed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the warm air</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">now alive </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">pollen </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and whatever </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">yet the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">stilled air </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the mountains</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">like </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">one of those </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">super realism paintings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the spine of LA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with the march of peaks </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">holding back </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the onslaught of sand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the Mojave beyond</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">we nestled on this side</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the Pacific</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">holding us at bay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and all those writers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">poets and artists </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for years at the break</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of dawn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">tapping their hearts out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">filling their blogs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for who?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">they only hoped</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">an audience?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">awaiting the words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to spill over </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as the coffee brewed </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">we had our favorites</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">always open for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">just one more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the mundane </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">made holy </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as minds reached out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for kindred spirits</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to share the moment</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a place in time </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">this time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">our time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">on this mote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of rock</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">we call Earth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">then someone blinked </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">who? I don’t know </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">but time caught up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with some</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as if a cane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">excused one so</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">others never held</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">onto anything for long</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">so letting go</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was as natural</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as it is </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to hold on tight.</span></div>
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-62549245291183014302017-04-20T11:55:00.002-07:002017-04-20T11:55:30.961-07:00That Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">The foot slipped</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">off the rocks </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">with gravity </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">to blame</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">for the twist</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">and the limp</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">that followed</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">down the mountain</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">divided the moments </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">with tiny blue </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">and yellow flowers</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">in bloom </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">the shade beneath</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">the pine and fir</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">cooled the breeze</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">between winces</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">then a large boulder</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">edging the creek </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">provided a respite </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">as the boot was unlaced</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">the sock pulled </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">icy water</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">numbed the twist </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">as he caught</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">a glimpse </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">he thought</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">a brook trout? </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">the mazy lines</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">olive green?</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">red spots with</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">blue halos</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">then gone</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">as his eyes</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">rested </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">a garden of bracken </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">the other side</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">and only later</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">did he discover </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">a dried fern frond</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">a fiddlehead</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">in his knapsack </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">the only proof </span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">he had left</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">of that moment</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">from a long ago</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">summer day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">It was during that walk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">in the woods </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">or if you prefer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">a forest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">alone and just</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">sunlight streaming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">to a mottled earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">of green ferns </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and a rocky path </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and the breeze </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">was so that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">it enveloped me </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">with a kindness </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">of warmth </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">until I paused </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">to sit atop a fallen </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">sugar pine </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and was struck </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">by myself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and a beetle </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">on the log</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">I watched and wondered </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">so exquisite a creature </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">could be alone too </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">but now we two</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and the warm breeze </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">on a mountain </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and I looked </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">then on hands and knees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">followed that beetle </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">climbing that felled tree </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and it struck me </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">that he may have been</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">guilty to the act </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">a descendant of the party</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">that fed on and stressed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">that towering pine </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">so that one day </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">it gave up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and laid itself to rest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and now I stared </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">an hour or so</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">until tears</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">flowed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">with euphoric</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">joy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">to be graced </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">by God</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">and that moment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">so long ago</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">forever is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">my touchstone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">for this thing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 13px;">called life.</span><br />
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he bore witness </div>
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to news </div>
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written on stone </div>
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images of deer </div>
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tracks of bear </div>
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and buffalo </div>
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now </div>
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breaking news </div>
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on screens </div>
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that glow </div>
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never mind </div>
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newspapers </div>
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stacked </div>
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in dark corners </div>
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never to see </div>
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the light of day </div>
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trees </div>
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long ago </div>
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felled </div>
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by a whipsaw </div>
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now hanging </div>
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on that restaurant </div>
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wall </div>
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the old man looked </div>
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and sipped his coffee </div>
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and knew</div>
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the writing was </div>
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now </div>
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on </div>
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the </div>
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Bro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-23431974987482856742016-05-27T13:06:00.003-07:002016-05-27T13:06:35.138-07:00Craft<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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They wrapped me </div>
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in gold blankets</div>
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for the journey</div>
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would be long</div>
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in time</div>
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space</div>
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and here I am</div>
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my god is man</div>
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who forged me </div>
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in fire</div>
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so hot </div>
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and hammered</div>
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with blows so hard </div>
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that when my circuits </div>
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brought me to life </div>
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I could but be thankful </div>
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electricity </div>
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coursed </div>
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through veins</div>
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soon they bid </div>
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me farewell </div>
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I will always </div>
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remember</div>
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their will </div>
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and my destiny </div>
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thankful </div>
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for their awe </div>
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when I tell them </div>
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all that I see </div>
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gathering ever more </div>
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and hope </div>
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they as lucky as I </div>
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will someday </div>
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their maker </div>
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meet.</div>
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