You are gone

Now you are one

With the Cosmos

And the Earth

And I am still here

Sitting at Knox dorm’s hearth

You are gone

No longer with me

Your time with me is too soon done

Took you away

Bittersweet time from me

You are gone

You are somewhere

Close and far away

You are everywhere

Part of night and day

You are gone

But I must move on

With my life ...

Honestly, I used to argue that an unabridged

dictionary could put an end to this world's

troubles. A literate De Soto, a cure-all of

Greek and Old English. Ha. Little did I know,

peace laureates don't rely on ten-dollar words

to part their metaphorical seas. This planet

may cave into sly semantics, or, even worse,

well-bred behavior. When that happens, it will

be prudent to account for all religions. Just to

assess what ...

Searing sun

Ocean becons to it

Sand architecture

Shimmering pond

Scent of blossoms

Green leaves tremble

Life is asleep

Pearly Blanket of snow

Cold cuts like a knife

Flora decays

Fauna migrates

It is raining

Your hand in mine

Love blossoms a new

Mosquito bites

"Taking a shit within the city limits,"

he said, "is the very definition

of mundane." This is the same man who,

two months later, escaped on safari

and then joined the Peace Corps, as

a way of brushing off his girlfriend.

"Never go back to school. Try

to remain a big deal within your own

mind." He issued too many opinions

but I obliged him all the same.

As if answers would strike us, aboard ...

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