Shifts of thought that cut like a knife, Sheila. Love the moves across line breaks....
Meditation as afterburner, perhaps, here....
Doug
On 2011-07-28, at 5:20 PM, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> Sign posted in the window reads "Gone window
> shopping."
>
> Meditation usually amounts to afterthought.
>
> Now and at the time of our depth,
> perception, triumph starts absorbing
> local color.
>
> All new lanterns have ethnicity,
> and back bends replenish
> mirror images galore.
>
> Freshmen remaining
> in short supply
> eventually season
> into people like ourselves.
>
> Is there any reason for continuing
> once bookmarks have been shuffled
> via legacy implanted?
>
> Saints for decades have said yes
> when they intended to say no.
>
> Meanwhile, present tense is overrated,
> under heated, under service
> warranty, with checks incoming
> and alarm outgoing,
> underneath presumptive surplus
> of untidy amenities.
>
> We learn best while shutting up.
>
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
>
Douglas Barbour
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