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my friend is diagnosed
it’s only
at the start
and
there are other things
like how I breathe in
infestation
or who is killing whom in Iran
Palestine
Ukraine
and
Yemen
to mention all the volatility in so many lands
that
do not
take the grace to get along
but he is
sick
and it’s a creeping kind
that works its way
well
through nervous
systems
I suppose
and should take years
and
then take the time of living and
and of waiting
here
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Exhalations
I like the process
Glad it’s automatic
So many things can leave the body
Things we don’t need
Things in the brain stay there,
I suppose
We need exhaling in the brain
But we don’t get it
We have to learn what to keep
Up close,
What to file
The thing about a file, though,
Is that they’re not closed
For good
Mental welding doesn’t help
So open up the stacks
From time to time,
Letting air breathe through
The folders
We might need
Companionship for this
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Neurology
High notes are too much
Piano, then the strings
Of violin, viola, and the cello
Maybe someone adds
Spanish guitar
Too much, even one
To make them
No wonder the heart is said
To have and have not
Its strings
To resonate
And somehow in between them all
Outside, inside
There’s weeping
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Villafranca del Castillo, Spain
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