Category: poetry
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Two poems for a buck.
Rummaging through the bargain bin at a local second-hand book shop I came across a very cool book of poetry (A Book of Luminous Things by Czeslaw Milosz) for the princely price of $1. And if the poetry were not good enough, the book is full of marginalia. Penciled in comments, underlines, arrows and exclamations…
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The balance sheet
Imagine if tomorrow morningEvery single person’s bank account defaulted to exactly one million dollars.USD of course.Imagine the outrage, the joy, the despair, the relief.Everyone stay calm!It’s a technical glitch.A very few would say.We just need to adjust some code and everything will go back the way it should be.But it is not a glitch.And almost…
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This kind of day.
It was a pistachio daySweet and greenBut kinda hard to get into. You know the days. From the moment you wake up, you’re just not into it. For no reason. It’s a beautiful morning, the birds are urging you on. You are alive with a thousand debts of gratitude. Yet something feels off-kilter. A feeling…
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Sacred seat.
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