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Places Too Close

There are places he’d rather not go,
closets where clothes are too tight,
pants with belt buckles which still latch
to the shortest length, but now
he can’t hold his breath that long
anymore. He wants to be padded with
Pillsbury dough, something to grab
when hands are available to grope
his half century folds of skin
dessicated and pinched from too much sin.
His big [...]

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October 30th, 2007 | Category: Love and Sad Poems, Poetry | One comment

Not so Rare Air

High up on the eighth floor
the view spreads a smorgasbord
of warm golds, tangerines and greens,
lit by bronze back-light across the dream.
He could almost smell that odd burnt Fall
bouquet through the plate glass picture wall.
His world held a long, slow major chord.

The spacious room flooded with natural light.
(this would be a luxury efficiency in NYC)
He watched cars [...]

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October 23rd, 2007 | Category: Healing, Inspiration, Poetry, Social Culture, Spirituality | 6 comments

What do you see when you think of God?

I see an incomprehensibly vast universe, perhaps “breathing” by expansion and contraction to a single point over trillions of years; a universe in which I barely exist, but which I am unbelievably lucky and blessed to be able to experience and be aware of. Outside that universe, I cannot even imagine what could be. I am [...]

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October 12th, 2007 | Category: Deep Thoughts, Philosophical Questions, Spirituality | 11 comments