Monthly Archives: February 2015

Our ubiquitous servant-master

Our ubiquitous servant-master —try to get anything done when it is on vacation— is electricity yet maybe when it’s out we can do something real :- Doug.

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bureaucracy makes invisible

A bureaucracy exists to make invisible Those who would pull our strings And turn them into fences :- Doug.

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swing each other round

Life is full of lively concepts and movements notice, and mind wants to dance arm wants to hold and swing each other round :- Doug.

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not about death

This is not about death, nor even about dying: rather about living as we are dying, for surely we are all dying. :- Doug.

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Snowflake swirls her skirts

Snowflake swirls her skirts Dances her singular and only With hundreds she’s weaving A single white comforter One smile in the human soul :- Doug.

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coming to rest

coming to rest lazily spinning light snow :- Doug.

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Narrowing circles

Narrowing circles Community to family to nuclear family Might be clues to approaching death :- Doug.

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The dream converses

The dream converses. :- Doug.

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Whatever you leave

Whatever you leave others will sort out. Escape with your life. Leave the furniture. What do you care if others use it for firewood? :- Doug.

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Whatever you have

Whatever you have has you. :- Doug.

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Thousands of fingers

Thousands of fingers tapping the water crystalline flashes rise up to welcome nourishing rains :- Doug.

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Remain silent

Remain silent Remain close Remain :- Doug.

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Will good!

Will good! :- Doug.

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You can have a great heart

You can have a great heart here. :- Doug.

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can we trust

can we trust one another to meet all our needs? :- Doug.

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