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hostages for days

days for hostages

and let the buses in

that have fuel

for hospitals

and food for everyone

and will there be selection

in the heart

and maybe by practice

who knows

the news and books might

tell us

but for now this

cessation means

there’s life again

without the breaths between

explosions

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let the math run

the refugees

the witnesses

wear black

as they can

when talking

with the rest of us

a message to the west

of us

who might see black

in our own way

in understanding theirs

ours

all

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emphasis mine

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black for mourning

to be clear

black for normalcy

as well

in understanding ours

theirs

(decide who they are)

all

then

all of us

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who need the chance

by the way

and maybe often

to exchange our stones

for bread

to trade what has been bestowed

for grace

or simple decency

on all sides

of the Earth

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Matthew 7:9-11

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Nevereverland

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Nevereverland

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Think of lovely things

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That’s how the magic works

Children

Maybe

Can do this rather easily

While grown-ups muddle

Through self-judgment

And what will the others

Think

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This is might be why

There are so many children

There

While grown-ups lag behind

In steepled London

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The children get it

By not getting it

They take the glitter

(who will clean this up)

Do their thinking

No preamble

Stretch toward the ceiling

Of the nursery

That kept them in

(Nana below)

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And fly

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“So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land!”

― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

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Day Two

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Day Two

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Hostages

On the move

Women

Teenagers

Anyone

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Deliveries

Food

Fuel

Silence

In which to move

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Displaced

War

War that displaces with

Destruction

In two more days

Who knows

Maybe more

Maybe less

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To everything

Except

This uncountable

Improper

Season

Bladed

By the edge of death who

Could be

Naturally preoccupied

Again

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And while at midnight

We could shop

Without compunction

Anyway

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News about Day 2 Ceasefire

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God Help Us

(x = space)

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God Help Us

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God help us

Everyone

And God will

We only have to ask

And sometimes

Not that much

We call it grace

And miracle

Held and dispensed

By no one

But the Lord

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So light a candle

Safely

Or do not

Really nothing is required

No tired rite

Or something new

For invocation

And our supplication

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There is no order

Memorized

Say help into air

Or at the ground

Or leave it to the mind

A receptable

For meeting

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God is here

God is there

God waits

On our interest

And our need

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Ask

Receive

Try not

To fret the timing

There’s an answer

Every time

That serves

That aids

That loves

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corn was a gift

you know

for those who landed

from those already here

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maybe we could greet each wave

from ships

at borders

in this way

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a generation

and a kind

welcoming the other to new worlds

as our own

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prayer in a circle

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prayer in a circle

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prayer in a circle

at the table

or

while standing

anywhere

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it’s beautiful

attaching words

to statements

supplications

even

questions

with our doubts

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the prayer is over

we are stronger

knowing

something to affirm

and in a kind

of pledge

to do the next thing

with spiritual

aplomb

and just plain niceness

(yep)

to each other

as the circle visually

fades

to purpose

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As It Is on Earth

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As It Is on Earth

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I don’t know what I have

If I have

Anything

For me

And then for you

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You might be first

But something about me must

Be satisfied

Or nothing travels

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Something that could sound

Like a song

But must have sound

Regardless

In a shape that serves

And something of the world

Inside

The world and the inside

Where we live

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Forgive me

Then

The lateness in the hour

Or anything that’s late

In getting to you

Though we have no schedule

I know

We know

And do our best

To post in blogs

Like bags of mail for ponies

Or task the runner

As at Marathon

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We send

Receive

Respond

Then send again

It’s all a process

It’s a circle

Sacred

Called by some

And why not

Our gods as known

Believed

Walking like the

Lord

Or maybe

Gasp

Tash

Arrived

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And in the interaction

All of us

In equal space

If not location

And for accountability

Well

Something holy happens

That is human

Set aside

As well as visitors

To take part

And approve

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The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis is referenced.

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staging, Open Range

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first poem led to the second

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staging

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orange-pink

next to the tree

in the distance

deep blue sky

mostly

with the morning star

small and white

looking far-off

nova-like

in the waveless sea

predawn

it’s dawning now

only started

when I looked through

the blinds

hearing nearly nothing

on the street

in the tree

the usual outside

the window

absent

muffled

however everything prepares

so early

for the normal noise to come

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Open Range

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God

I wondered

If you ever might

Be surprised

Like us

Because you are in part

Like us

I mean

It goes that way as well

Made in your image

Aren’t we then

Like you

And if it’s on the inside

Then emotions

And sensations

Might be attributed

To you

Pleasure

Perhaps

And passion

Love

Even the fragile feeling

And do you feel sad

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We say you’re angry

(it’s in

our books)

It was the impetus that

Forbearance

Allowed enough

The ark

With some people on it

To survive

The keel-less journey

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Some say Gilgamesh

As well

While some and others

See and hear

Your anger in extremities

Of nature

(outside nature)

In the storms

Lightning fires

And eruptions

Even in

Quakes

That certify your condemnation

Or our use of land

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Or that you stretch

Because you do

Your might because it is

Inside the

Cosmos

And must have its say

In addition to

The munificence of creation

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So if

Everything’s available

Every aspect

Then you might mourn

And be taken

Unaware

Be satisfied

And disappointed

Have a plan

And have it moved

Knowing both parts

Are approved

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And there’s the qualifier

Maybe

Whatever happens

Happens

In your sight

And your hearing

The smell

The touch

The taste

Of your omniscience

So that

Fragility is held by strength

Options are

More or less contained

And unaware

Might be for fun

Except for earnestness

Part of the plan

Somehow

You feel it

And you know it

Then move on

So you could say

With justice

That you knew it all along

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Portrait of the Artist as a Hungry Person

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I know this is odd (well, odder), but I got hungry

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Portrait of the Artist as a Hungry Person

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Tired and hungry

Thirsty

Maybe that’s all there is

For now

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I sit here and write

Distraction

Is a sea behind me

What in the hour

Should I do

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How shall I let go

To find something

For the cup

On the plate

In my hand

Excused from this

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To dine

To talk with someone

To play a game

Before returning

To this game

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salute

(x = space)

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salute

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soldiers died

ironically

while training

in the weekend

that was

set aside

for veterans

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we have to give them

salute

rest

those who died

this way

in the time

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a model for

the battlefield

death by surprise

when readiness

the mission

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honor these

and families

and all

our family

community

protected

by our own

for these our own

forever

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5 US special operations troops killed in Veterans Day weekend crash after training ‘mishap’: Officials

Five American service members were killed in a crash late Friday after their helicopter had a “mishap” during a training exercise and went into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the military said Sunday.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/5-us-service-members-killed-crash-after-mishap/story?id=104830136

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