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meditation on theme of "connection." First of a few on this theme. For our homework in the Casa los Altos poetry club.
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She
said, being poor,
for
the woman,
is
exactly like depression.
like
shame. like Tolkien’s
too
little butter spread
over..
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If
I told you that this thing
that
you told me
to
keep hidden away
has
become fluid gold and is
flowing
out of every
crack
and..
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in response to Emma's brave poem. You are not alone, my dear. Never alone.
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IThere is you, with the mirror,
standing
inside, looking out.
You
run your fingers in waves
through
your indignation;
arranging
e..
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Today,
it rained. And I was thinking of you.
Water
fell hard. Like pebbles.
Like
little hopes
and
silly daily fears. Water splashed up..
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It
is inevitable-
Life
will break you.
We
are fragile vessels,
carved
of karmic clay,
cosmic
crystal. We ring
like
Tibetan bow..
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when Life hands you earthquakes... create poetry??
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They
were aiming for the driver,
but
he saw them. He knew to duck.
She
did not.
She
was just a passenger.
She
was behind him. ..
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That
was the summer we practiced
the
fine art of sharing space-
in
a 3x5 army surplus tent, our
shield
against bad dreams, our portal
..
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