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October

  1.   This morning you dreamed of a ravishing sunrise, a riot of crimson and gold, just outside the front door.   When you awoke, you went to the door and opened it. There it was, just as glorious … Continue reading

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Longing

Two black birds flying through a moonless night — how did we finally get so close that we could reach over and touch each other’s heart? Maybe time itself is a music that stopped playing just long enough for me … Continue reading

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Talk Radio

He was a white man in America. Like most men these days, he didn’t know what to do with his life, so he watched the TV. He saw a TV advertisement late one night: “Drive the Big Rigs!” That sounded … Continue reading

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Prey at Dusk

Tongue pressed against the roof of my mouth, vision drawn up into the oncoming night, early night darkening across the immense dome of sky, deepening sky gracefully mirroring the infinite space of Mind – pierced by the sudden shriek of … Continue reading

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Let It Burn

(2003)   Something here is just about to break our heart – all we need do is let it. We won’t survive, it will.   Utterly consuming us is its great pleasure! It’s pure desire birthed us, just so that … Continue reading

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The Train

(2004)   Ah, Beloved, Beautiful Heart — shall we once more disembark, far from the daze of hazy dreams, wan emissaries of the Mystery Queen, between our words on this flat screen and mind imagined, sight unseen?   We tumble … Continue reading

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Dust Mote

Bob, don’t be such a big bore! The humble water that Mazie poursfor the garden bird baths does far moregood than all of your crafted water words. And yet, if I were to insert a quick pinchof verbal seasoning to … Continue reading

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Holy Books

Perhaps we have been reading the wrong bible all along. The fact that its pages are most often bound in black should provide us with a clue right off the bat. Maybe most of our wars, inquisitions, tortures, fears, and … Continue reading

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Instead

There are so many mistakes we’ve seen in this world which we would like to correct, but cannot. We can’t go back to Eden, take the apple from Eve’s hand before her first bite, and replace it on the tree. … Continue reading

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Subterranean Blues

My ambitions are like little paper boats set out on a lake to moisten, wobble, and sink. My floating armada of self-images, great and small, will gradually go down with them just the same. Strange creatures are moving through the … Continue reading

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