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Every now and then I write a poem, re-read it, edit the bloopers and typos, reshape the line lengths, add a bit, then read it again. I like this one - it covers so many human escapades and misadventures. I wish you peace for the New Year, for now, and for all of your days.
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Horizons
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The thing about distant destinations
is that they are far. Energy is required
to reach them, a great deal of time
goes into observing them at various
times of the day. Which leads invariably
to reconsidering going.
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We train for this. Our brains are put on hold
until we develop the ability to transcend
now and imagine all the ramifications of then,
before we go.
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On route, discarding most of our preconceptions
and theories, the realities are like hits, they
keep coming. The game plan joins last week's
newspapers and last month's magazines. You
always wanted to be an extra orbital explorer
and go adventuring; this was not in the cards
or the die, or the tarot reading and you
thought to go home.
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That distant horizon is still out there. Even
if reached, there is always another skyline
in the distance. So, haul ass and get
moving remembering that the earth
is no longer flat.
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Stella L. Crews
01-15-18
1049p