Category: happiness
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haiku before the storm
ecstasy beckons and the sky asks you to dance how can you refuse? 9-15-21 *There is a video I don’t know how to transfer.
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haiku zen of lepidopterology
pollinators are oblivious to theories of time management butterflies do not take geometry in school point A to point B maybe the best way to find sweetness is not through but is the garden 7-23-21
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Blue shark
Today, the city comes to haul away leaves you piled in the street. Before you sip coffee you grab your rake to consolidate piles Last night’s rain spread along the street. A car stops, a happy voice sings, Hi, Mr. Al. His mother says he wanted me to see his new shark. He waves it…
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Wade in the Water, But Keep Your Matches Dry
Eighteen years old, we sat cross-legged in Arts Terrace grass Smoked pot and spoke of past lives Parents, teachers and preachers who told us what to think She confided that at fourteen she was born again Baptized in a fiberglass church sanctuary River Jordan Congregation watching, a choir ready to sing on cue I told…
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The Iranian
because the wind came always from the west he thought he could smell his future on the wind he left his home moved across the sea went to school, married, had children sought his future in the west it was not waiting in California he moved to China sometimes, he flies east visits family and…
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Happy Holidays
During this holiday season (Yes, I said holiday season) I wish you fond memories I wish you family and friends I wish you recovery from loss I wish you joy, happiness and good cheer I wish you whatever you wish for this time of year I wish you eight bright Hanukkah candles I wish you…
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Sleeper awake
slow wave synaptic spindling Sufi dance serotonin paradox neocortical dialog episodic cataloging who wakes and dumps me here ask the librarian 11-16-19
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Retired engineer
It seemed like forever he married his wife raised two boys worked as a engineer and moved to the sunny coast He diets a bit walks his neighborhood pulls a re-engineered golf cart behind him as he picks up trash A small cooler and two buckets one for garbage and one for recycling a self-imposed…
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