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Silent Thunder
“The world,” he said, “is not a wish-granting factory,” and then he broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder unaccompanied by lightning, the terrible ferocity...
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On Blue (or maybe white) Dresses, and Interpreting Deuteronomy and Hozier
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of articles whose subject is how people interpret what they see, hear, and read. It’s interesting how our minds work, how we each are viewing the world through unique...
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Baptism
Closed eyes are hot as tears fall. The stings of life sometimes burn. Open your eyes. Baptize them with Sacred tears and be cleansed. Rise, and walk In newness of life. “Heaven knows we need never be...
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Human Resources
Sometimes he has a dog. I don’t know it it’s his, or if he borrows him from a friend. They seem close, though. I could speculate reasons for the dog’s presence, but speculation leads to judgment. His...
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Privacy Settings
“Do you ever write any poems about me?” “Yes; I just don’t publish them.” Some things are private, Sacred, even. Sweet joys and solemn sorrows, the gentle strengths of love I don’t share them because I...
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JD called every girl Rachel, every guy Dick. He fought on the beach at Normandy, he fought his old truck, he fought his fishing boat and poles, he fought squirrels. He loved Billy Jo, he loved his...
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Family Portrait
If you look closely in her eyes, you can see the strength love and sorrow built. If you look in his, there is an intelligent and powerful patience. The eyes of their son are their family portrait: They...
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4:30
4:30 comes so early. Record high today: 106°. An email came through at work: a co-worker died. Another co-worker will be off next week: a trip to Paris. Productive meetings today; Lunch at my desk....
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Focus
Defiant, she opens up Staring at the polluted sky As the snarling F-150s Race by Having fossil-fueled Temper tantrums Even on lazy Saurdays In the newborn autumn. Focused on the quiet sky above The...
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Chainsaws
Let us not consider today’s Terrifying lack of empathy, Or why we are so concerned with Why we are here Or why our “here” has to be better than Everybody else’s. Or the fact that we can’t seem to view...
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Exposure
You push through the hard shell; You fight against hard walls Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. -A. A. Milne Only to expose yourself to a Cold winter wind. Red camellias...
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Love Pays Attention
Love pays attention. There are always fresh flowers when I arrive and he can tell when I’m getting cold. He knows how I drink my coffee (like Winston the Wolf: “Lotsa cream, lotsa sugar”), And that I...
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