Category: friends
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Goodbye to a friend
morphine drip prescribed soul flashes light in the dark outside I sit train wails goodbye 5-11-22
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naps
…forgive me if I take more naps than I used to on the backs of my eye lids maps etched of places I’ve been and places I still want to go vignettes written of folks I know and imagined conversations with folks still here and folks now gone I’m not tired I’m just planning where…
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Water talk
a pond shares from deep within a river brings news from beyond the hill somedays, I much prefer a river it waves, calls out a greeting and moves on. 9-13-22
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Basketball in the park
Friends and laughter on a Sunday morning Odor of skunk has nothing to do with the score More air balls than layups Everyone thinks they’re Stephen Curry Bose raps fighting words No one backs you down in the paint like Mark Jackson Fast food litter around trash cans They still can’t shoot the rock Damn…
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The dream
I dreamed I was talking with a neighbor girl – a grade school classmate who I have not spoken to since high school. I asked her how her family and husband were doing and she broke down sobbing about Alzheimer’s and cancer. A group of our old grade school girls appeared to console her, gathered…
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Drinking Fermented Milk in the Mystic Yurt
“Oh soul, you worry too much…” (Rumi) Post-modern Zen Move slowly into your Chi Wear crystal spiritual Drano around your neck Darvish whirl until dizzy Hobby Lobby prayer wheels (Dalai Lama approved) Dollar General dreamcatchers 2 for 5 YouTube videos guarantee Nirvana TM levitation at the Y on Wednesday Erect a pup tent tabernacle deep…
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Timmy the slug
short walk cool morning warm coffee bright sun long list of things to do let’s get started 1-11-23
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For a friend
For a moment, I thought I saw you in the grocery store parking lot getting out of your car. You turned and smiled. I started to call out your name, when I remembered you’ve been gone over a year and I don’t believe in ghosts (not even the friendly kind). But for moment, I thought…
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