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TREE OF BAOBAB
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The tree of Baobab
bows to Baba
and in the wind
with assent it nods

LUNAR ECLIPSE
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The moon's lunar eclipse
passes past the evening's lips.
Night takes a bite a time
out of the moon Eucharist
and yet whole re-emerges
the risen Christ
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PIGS' EARS, CHICKEN'S WINGS
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There are places to buy
pigs' ears
but the pigs no longer hear
There are places to buy
pigs' feet
but they can't walk
in the streets
There are places to buy
cows' tongues
but they can no longer speak
Places to buy.. chickens' wings
but they can't soar.. into spring
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ETHANOL IS NOT ETHICAL
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Sugar cane plants scythed down..
mongoose in the fields burned..
birds, reptiles, insects bulldozed..
further pressure on land use
.. the grain for 1 SUV fillup, they
say, would feed someone for a year

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PLANTS CANT SCREAM OR RUN
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While fish cannot scream,
plants can neither scream
nor move away..
they cannot ask for water
or for more sunlight or
for warmer temperatures
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May more people prevent
plants freezing in the fall
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TAKE OFF AND LANDING
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LBJ said, it's easier to throw
a grenade than to catch one.
It is easier to take off in a plane.
One can aim toward the infinity of blue
Landing.. is different
Only 1 lane.. homeward beckons you.
Chess openings also
are easier than closings.

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RIVERS EVERYWHERE
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Rivers everywhere
are rushing down
toward the seas
of peace

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REUNION
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The couple's fight
will end sooner than
a baby cloud's eclipse
of the infinite sun,
sooner than the blink
of a baby elephant's eye.

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HAWAIIAN WELCOME
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wild avocado trees on a mountain
top.. had lunch for us
laid out on the green carpet
of the forest floor as we looked
out over the blue sea below
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ANTICHRIST
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1 according to the first letter of John,
the antiChrist lived at the time of
Christ
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The antiChrist can be interpreted
also as anything opposed to Jesus
or His teachings
3. But as the night disappears
whenever appears the sun and light
so the antiChrist cannot be present
where Jesus is
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STONES SPEAK MAMMALS RECITE
SCRIPTURE
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Scripture says God can make a donkey
recite scriptures or make stones speak.
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WHAT IS THE COLOR?
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They call communists reds
and socialists pinkos
What is the color of the stony
hearts of capitalists?
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SUNRISE FOR PETER
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Jesus told Peter that Peter would
deny Him three times before
the co_ck crew.
But as the rooster greeted the
dawn, so did a resurrection sun
come into Peter's heart.

GAYATRI MANTRA

The mantra Gayatri,
a ladder to the Lord of Ganapati

Footnote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrX1K9mdN84

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THE SOULS OF VIOLETS

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Ever inviolate
are the souls of violets
Even when scotched
by mowers violent
Ever inviolate
are the souls of violets.

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EVERPURE ROSE

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Busy bees chased the bloom chaste
Though they crawled on her clothes
her petals unfolded and those held close
still ever faithful to the sun is the everpure rose
Whether her hue is violet or rose
Whether she grows in freedom or rows
ever to God in waves arose
love perfume from the heart of the rose.

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CONFESSIONAL SEA

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As she hears
the confessions
of all rivers
those on the shore
hear the sea..
Accepting all
she calls no thing
heresy.

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MARCH CLOTHESLINE

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On a March clothesline
.. transparent icicles in a row
in the bright sun
they drip and glow
Sunsparked marks of exclamation !!!!!!!!!!
Sentences of joyful exclamation !!!!!!!!

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FRUIT OF WAR

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61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam..
two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of war...drying in the sun.

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WILLOW FRONDS

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A jade curtain of willow fronds
parts world of green earth from the blue pond
A grey curtain of morning mist parts
turquoise waters from blue sky
A more slender veil is at the portal
hiding the paradise of the immortal.

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THE SACRIFICE

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Jesus on Calvary:
the Sacrifice...
Infinitely it does
suffice.

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INSIDE THE CHALICE OF WRATH

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"Inside the chalice of wrath is the blood of Jesus"
said my teacher to me about the agony of the Crucifixion
and the miracle power of the Sacrifice.

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ECONOMIC SEXUAL OR GENETIC DETERMINISM

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We are not economic determinist atheists like Marx
nor sexual determinist slike Freud
nor genetic determinists.
We always have choices.
We are always free,
but most free when merged in the
will of God, which is the path of Perfect Love
for All.

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RODS OF GRACE

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The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the music
and summon angels' aid.

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MY GRANDFATHER PAUL B

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As a volunteer fireman
he joined a circle of men
attempting to protect
the courthouse from KKK
arsonists seeking to
lynch a black prisoner outside
or burn him alive inside.

The prisoner was
taken to safety
out the back door.

My grandfather imprinted
his views on his son who
would later be disbarred by a
panel which included KKK judges for
being the first attorney
in his city to sue the police force
over the beating of black prisoners.

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ARTISTIC GARDENER

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The gardener wants perfect symmetry.
And so she cuts down trees
later the stumps... first at their knees.

She cuts plants apart
because trumps her idea of art
others' lives and hopes and hearts

A LIFE OF LIGHT

Big oil sought
permanently him to silence
But the courage and truth of
the victim
are magnified by violence.

His life of light
does others ignite.

(to all those inspired by Ken Saro-Wiwa..
hanged for his nonviolent opposition to big oil pollution
of the Niger Delta)

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OPEN SEASON

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Soon it will
be open season
when those with a lust
of killing for no reason
will against voiceless
helpless animals
commit brutal treason.

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-saiom shriver-
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