Seeds and Weeds
plant seeds
that is my only advice
plant seeds and let the flowers grow
and pull the weeds yourself
for yourself
till whatever soil you have in this
world
grows flowers
words
music
art
ideas
science
grow anything which is good
and pull the weeds
yourself
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Questions/Answers
wonder and bewilderment
are our only clues
the question is our common friend
companion
foe
answers are times only
possession
the sun only appears to rise
set
the moon only appears to have
light
the stars only appear as tiny specks
all is not true
we appear to die forever
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Oh Sunlight
Oh sunlight
all the romantic poets are
dead
except for
me
I will reach into the dew
I will
because it has been so long
so long indeed
so long since we and beauty met truth
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oh my
oh my
tonight the night
glides
tonight
the rhyme needs
no
rhyme
nor the zinnia no color not
known nor
noticed
like these
words
dropped so casually
like
petals
in summer
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POEM TO MINDY
and there she is
my cat
she demands that my hands
touch her fur and
she demands my
total
attention
she knows she’s the only cat
that matters
that ever mattered.
She knows the cats of Egypt
I sometimes think she was there herself and added that
unknown quality to
the reliefs in the temple walls, for
she is the only cat that ever mattered as she wimpers that
demanding little
raorw
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It’s Too Late Tonight
David Michael Jackson
It’s too late tonight
for the bleeding hearts
or the burning stomachs
it’s too late for the cries
of the hungry
for the
shit
to late for the shit
the shit will have to wait
for the boardrooms tomorrow
for the business
decisions
the shit will have to wait for executive decisions
because it’s too late
for the shit
tonight
it’s too late tonight for
compromise, for
reason
but
it’s early enough for hope
but
it’s early enough to try
anyway
will you try with me
says Mr. Rogers
will you try with me
for peace
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