Why do I mind more
the unripeness in others and me
than I mind
the green fruit on a sweet tree?
Not until God's
appointed hour
will fruit be beesweet
and not be sour
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BIRDS ON A WIRE
Birds sit watching
from the theatre's brick
parapets
waiting for me to
finish eating and feed
them the rest
AWAKENING
Mother Earth has
begun to respond
to the awakening
gentle nudges
of the longfingered sun
as the people of the earth
are responding
to the awakening of
their powers of selfrule.