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Receptacle (Poem)
in order to contain the day
this day, the only day we have
build it carefully around each breath
each heartbeat each blink of the eye
the respiratory exchange the cadenced pulse
the pupillary response to light
these indicatory of physical life the structured body
the corporeal manifest all for naught
unless we construct with intent
know where we begin and end
always always let both these be
compassion and wisdom
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If Memory (Poem)
can remake the past
change concrete actions so
turn emotions inside out
why fear what waits ahead
time before and after a Mobius strip
twisting so that it returns to now
always now, the present moment
the only ground where we can stand
itself the firmest mirage, illusory
the moon reflected in a pond
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The Chair, Vacant (Poem)
except for faint greasy smears from late night conversations
residual ashes of cigarettes, circled marks of coffee cups
we played at weary knowledge then
told stories we had not yet lived
considered ourselves futile actors in some imaginary play
one by one we all left the kitchen
the door hanging half ajar
seats pushed away from the table
as we went out into the years
and all we didn’t know
