some may feel
familiar ways and means
as a soggy diaper
sagging to the floor
as depleted shame
with acrid sting
propels hopeless whimpers
yet
not in vain
help is upon us
strong caring hands
clean and anoint
vest renewed bodies
in people clothes
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
this time
shivering in the primordial chill
of a melt-off soaked field
amidst last year's stalks and pickings
wear some old clothes
is it about appearances?
grab some terrain
plunge those hands
deep as they'll go
wiggle around a while
in my youth and maybe yours
often scolded for sarcasm
an age when purposeful irony
yields blank stares at best
for acres and square lengths untold
dark gold free for taking
yet without it
we're done
eyes front and center
hands two and ten
stay in your lane
healthy wealthy and wise
unto the least of these
he says
flesh and bone
king and pauper
yield their substance
unto our time
respect your elders
it's your salvation
granules that nourish
our crops and bodies
in one form or another
witnessed what we yet cannot
from minerals
to chemicals
to materials
to things
for health
for life
for excess
for killing
hearken the ages
converse amongst ourselves
when suddenly
across the thawing tundra
a breeze
of a melt-off soaked field
amidst last year's stalks and pickings
wear some old clothes
is it about appearances?
grab some terrain
plunge those hands
deep as they'll go
wiggle around a while
in my youth and maybe yours
often scolded for sarcasm
an age when purposeful irony
yields blank stares at best
for acres and square lengths untold
dark gold free for taking
yet without it
we're done
eyes front and center
hands two and ten
stay in your lane
healthy wealthy and wise
unto the least of these
he says
flesh and bone
king and pauper
yield their substance
unto our time
respect your elders
it's your salvation
granules that nourish
our crops and bodies
in one form or another
witnessed what we yet cannot
from minerals
to chemicals
to materials
to things
for health
for life
for excess
for killing
hearken the ages
converse amongst ourselves
when suddenly
across the thawing tundra
a breeze
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