letter

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It’s a bright day
Here
If it sticks
It will the first one
That we’ve had
In a while

I’m tired
Slept poorly
I had coffee with friends
Last night
Which most likely
Kept me up
Though it was good
Coffee

And how is it
Where you are
Just now
More importantly
How are you
I’d
Like to know

More important
Than
The weather
Without doubt
Though
You know
The weather
Has been an easy
Entry
(and
entre nous)
Into conversation

Except
Maybe
Anymore
With changing climate
Then
Who knows
Who’s affected
By

What happens
Climatic
Anymore

So would you
Mind
Telling me
How you are doing
And how safe
In any way
You are
Just now

Sincerely yours

C L Couch

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(x = space)

dispersed

(from the beginning of the book of James)

we were together, Mom and Dad

(physical or meaningful)

now we are spread far

we can always say

the Romans did this

but there is our own

polemics

stranding us

separated

in a world driven by

its own prince

that drove Jesus

in the wilderness

from one arid part to another

I’m sorry we are no longer

together

though we have letters

we are the legacy of David, still

we are a people

and, as always,

we are family

I hope you are well where you are

I hope that work and food

come easily

I fear, because I know

such things are never certain

we came away with what we had

some maybe had accounts

and interests along the Mediterranean,

generally

we live today

and in the Messianic time

and must take hope in that

God will return

God also waits for us

like the shepherd by the

clear stream,

both to beckon

and God is with us, now

with love

with love,

this note from your child

we all are children now

again

c l couch

James is a brief letter in the Christian New Testament; the pastor preached on James this morning at Covenant Evangelical Presbyterian Church in West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

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