Then You Realize

Sometimes when you wake up,

you don’t feel you belong.

Then you realize

you were wrong.

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Part of the Pie

Some spirits run

and some spirits fly.

So many ways

to be part of the pie.











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The More Persuasive Sign

The skeptic

and the ardent explicator:

with which do you align?

Which gives the more persuasive sign?









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That Sad Creature Whom You Love

Sometimes the only thing to do

with that sad creature whom you love

is put him on a large balloon

and let him float above –

and leave him there

until he tires of bobbling in the air –

at which point, bring him down.

That might distract him from his frown.









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Now, Perhaps

Today you look for simple forms

to see what wants to tell you what it’s feeling.

Today you had been reeling from immensities

and their intricacies and the appearances

of far too many ardors in too many

artists, lovers, addicts, lonely children,

pent-up dogs. These weren’t fogs – oh no,

they burst with gorgeous specificities.

But something else, you think, today,

might please. And so you’ve sought

instead of fought and brought it round. Now,

perhaps, some small simplicity’s been found.

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A Blessèd Duo-Ridden Dawn

Some like their deities

in threes

but I’d choose

getting gods in twos –

two is company, three’s a crowd,

two is humble, three is proud,

two is quiet, three is loud.

So let us couple up and stay

with my divine frost-blue-haired lady

and her wise beige hanger-on

and pray they’ll take us

to their blest and blessèd

duo-ridden dawn.

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Silent Songs

Presumably tries to read in touch

what you can’t say in words.

Silent songs of birds.














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