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six o’clock TV hour

six o’clock TV hour

the end of the world as we know it
and I
think we are
supposed to feel
fine

though there are endings and are endings
and in this
it’s
relative
since
a part might have an ending
so
that something might can begin

and
all our lives have stops and starts with
passages inside that are
the length
we
need

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“the end of the world as we know it” and feeling fine are found in a song (eponymous with the line) performed by R.E.M., written by these folk—Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael E. Mills, John Michael Stipe, William Thomas Berry—and I got the information I didn’t know (also the poem title) from https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rem/itstheendoftheworldasweknowitandifeelfine.html

photo by Lance Grandahl on Unsplash
so the water may begin

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half in

half in

funny
we can’t feel the day
that’s even
into
night

when on the solstice we might
notice the extremes at
least
and even say

though
we’re not likely to comment
on the day by halves
though it’s a time
when
the entire planet
moves the other way

leans the other part against the sun
with more
light and
hit

and so some seasons’ gifting
and what shall we wish
against ourselves

I mean
I like the between times and frankly
it could be autumn
all the time
for
me
and maybe such a world is an
exoplanet out there not
that it’s exo- to
itself
but the cool season’s normal

and I could
deal in that a while as
all
there was

and I might miss variety
maybe
not

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autumnal equinox 22 or 23 September

and because checking sometimes means mischief—
One of the most persistent myths about the equinox is that day and night are exactly 12 hours each. In reality, the day with exactly equal day and night — sometimes called the “equilux” — occurs a few days after the autumn equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
https://www.universaltimedate.com/articles/autumn-equinox-2026

twelve hours and extra minutes (twelve hours minus minutes for the night) might be close enough to give the day the name it has

where I live at present, at this time of year (meaning for a while) the sun will set along Main Street right through our windshields (or back windows) at rush hour

and because I go for mischief of my own sometimes, let me say that I wish we stop using “myth” to mean a naïve untruth, when myth is a culture’s way to know the truth in bigger and mysterious things

photo by Danka & Peter on Unsplash

maybe half-spring, half-fall on my own planet

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unbelieving Sunday best


unbelieving Sunday best

I
think I should go
I have some coffee
to ready me
chemically
and maybe throw enough together
       there is hot water
       with some handsoap
       nearby
       and clothes
       that should pass muster
       one
       more time
and so acceptably for an hour or so
then
back to exile
and the loneliness
but have had the hour
for faith and companionship
while keep
the faith
let go of the rest
as illusion
I
belong

enough to hope to find
other
than I the healthy
perfect you
and
if unbeknownst
you could leave with me
then
who knows
sometimes I could enter
faith and love
not needing to believe in these
or
that they are for you
yet also
me

coda

sip the coffee then
ten minutes to get ready
ten to get there

eight
and eight

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photo by Creab ThePolymath on Unsplash 
Accra

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the week


the week

a new week to you
and should you have it
maybe with
some hours yet unplanned
though
expectations beckon

some time wrangled as this
might need wrangling
for
oneself
and for them

each kind
and for each one

and there should be peace in that
and if none
then a chiming and a watchword
to design
and re-design
time
and intent
work with play

to find and have and live the loves that
make the rest
foundation with resources
added

new expectations maybe
balance
margin
whatever called or used

to impose the human
and approving the divine and in
a partnership
to live
and move
and have our being

have time and let the time be normal
for you
and for them
and don’t parse this
rather
you
and them

and maybe for an errant word from
me
or the peer community

peace to you this
week
if it may
with pleasure
and accomplishment
and love as a thread through
all
the fabric to the edges of the loom
and then
tucked under

and
if possible
if and when it’s healthy
live
and work in partnership

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I hope it’s been a good Father’s Day; yesterday (I didn’t note), was Flag Day in the USA and Mitzi’s birthday, everywhere

Acts 17:28 (referenced)

photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash

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something stronger


something stronger

tea
as
or something stronger
through stronger
is
what the refreshment
means

in that we sit
like rest

and how are you
today
and I hope
well

though if not then
not
and I’d like to meet you
anyway
of course

and if we could have tea
in a room by
Beatrice
or
by Bilbo

I’d so much like to hear
your story
up to now and then
a little
speculation toward
the future

yours
and with a taste of the last
lukewarm sip
might stand
a guess
toward
the future of us both
and by extension
all

though it’s our time
as is this
time
with minutes only for
each other
and
I shall hear you better than
the rest that is
the ministry
of tea or something like
and
listening
for which there’s nothing
like

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photo by Colin Roe on Unsplash

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Kermitage


Kermitage

I’d like my alone place
To have
Green

I’d like to sing
And ride a bicycle
And live
Some parts of animated
Miracles

I’d like some time to contemplate
And then I’d like my green self
To find
Company with others
Maybe on a sunlit street
Or on a grander set

Or if a pond
A pond
That might be a homecoming
Anyway

Some place small or large
With people small
And large
Who look like me
Or never shall
And so be wonder to me
Maybe to
All
All the time

Green
And otherwise
My being green
At
Least in part
Forever

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on Palm Sunday

Photo by Jack Shen on Unsplash

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Long Earth


Long Earth

Thinking
About day and night
In the spring surprise of
Noting
Blue light persisting
Layered
And
Dissolving in to dark
And yet the longer time
As Earth considers turning
Back
Leaning to favor
Days of planting in the northern
Half
While the southern part
Has winter

A cycle of
Waking
Hibernation
Still for a billion years
Two billions or so

Until a final pressing
To go away
To land upon another world
With the surprise
Discovery
Of its own planetary cycles 
And its seasons become
Our own

C L Couch


Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

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time and not again


time and not again

a breath into the weekend
I am thinking
for those approximate
to 9 to 5
Monday
through Friday
too

or are you one of those
who does not stop
either by
someone else’s will
or
your own compelling

which
is not
to say you’re wrong

we do
have work
to do

and I served in this way
too
until the first
of heart attacks

then tried to do things differently
and
my supervisor didn’t like it
so I left

and found
the world isn’t ready
for slower people
any
sort
I’m afraid

which is
too bad
because
24
4
365
(366)
is what we get
on Earth
and for our
earthly lives

and how these change so much
through circumstances
though not
to lengthen measures
but
sadly
to truncate

and only in that way
does mortal time
change

sigh
life on Mars
might go differently
or
more likely
could we go like Albert Einstein
over the bridge
FTL-fashion then
return
to find the world futurely changed

and yet again
as the travelers our time
has not
changed a
classic jot

so time is time
and how
to spend it
inside
human parameters

and not that
everything’s our choice
though it is in
our given
nature

and maybe we can or may
choose the time
or even
how to spend it

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photo by Oliver Hale on Unsplash

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Painless


Painless
(for patient patients)

I need my pain
The captain
Said
And I suppose
The captain’s
Right

Worse the luck

For all
The pain
That is
In the world

My portion
In
My body
At the moment

And for hours
And for
Days
Treatments
Notwithstanding
(they help for
a while
sometimes
but
might not resolve)

I complain

It’s inconvenient
And
Might be a sign
Of
Something worse
Inside where
I can’t see
Of
Course
And maybe a medico
Or a machine
Will tell

It is a signal
That something
Is wrong
And as
A constant
Thing
Might mean
There’s always
Something
Wrong

Which could be a
Signal
Even
Of mortality
To bear

There’s pain
And there is pain
‘Cause
There are kinds

And painless be
The world
In
The future
On
The other side
Apocalyptic
When joy
Shall go unmingled

And
Can we
Imagine
Such a thing

A time
(timeless)
And place
(not
placeless)
And new condition
While
We carry what
We carry

And regarding
Hurt
We try and
Others try
To fix us
For forbearance
And for health
Here
And now
(not timeless)

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Captain Kirk is quoted

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

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