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LOTUS AND CROAKS
As daybreak daily broke
On the lily pads which pond cloak
are froggies which do always croak
.."the lotus bloom is impure"
"the lotus bloom is impure"
but round the unaffected lotus
the bee found he awoke
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ALL ARE CALLED
Jesus said to a less
conscious age:
"Many are called..
but few are chosen."
Now Christ repeats
to those who listen:
"All are called.
All are eventually chosen."
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MIDAIR
Throwing pieces of
bread to winter birds
in the evening light
he was exhilarated
to watch one catch
a fragment in midflight.
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UNWATERPROOFED
To wear boots
which slough off snow
but are not
freezing water proofed
is akin to being
around the cold
and judgemental.
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BUTTERFLIES SIP
His snowtracks contained ice
because he was violent and cruel
As he became kinder it melted and
butterflies sipped in his footprint pools.
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HANDS AND FEET
Thank you, faithful servant hands.
Thank you, faithful servant feet.
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LIONIZE
The journalistic pack lionize
corrupt politicians with lying eyes
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FIREPLACE: FURNACE OF FORESTS
He spoke of the statue smashing of
Henry the VIII and Oliver Cromwell.
and then went into the forest
and stole from Mother Earth
tiny Shinto shrine cones of pine
... wooden temples for his fireplace...
where future forests were destroyed
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GOATS
Goats goaded to their deaths
in Goa... prefer to go to God
(many restaurants owned by Goans
serve the flesh of goats)
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NATURE OF JOY
It is the nature of
joy's essence
to spread everywhere
its effervescence.
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LIFE OF A HORSE
the bit
the kick
the spur
the whip
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Footnote:
pulling heavy loads
being war-gored
dying in stable fires
hunger deaths from being ignored
driven into rivers in which they drown
falling down mountainsides
driven to heart attack deaths
poisoned by horseracing competitors
confined in barn stalls
FOGSHROUD
Fog shrouds the bay
The dawn's orange sunrise
separates the grey
of sea from sky
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TEMPTER
Is Satan the tempter
God's proctoring testgiver?
-saiom shriver-
