Short Verses and Other Curses #4
laugh long in woe’s stead
skip your stones across the deep
mock the keening call
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scrape away the rot
’til only sweet meat remains
save what may be saved
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who am i to say
who you have the right to be
who am i, indeed
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women of the world
mothers and mothers to be
god hath ordained thee
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entangled we roll
each clinging madly to each
caught in fate’s cross winds
*
even when hidden
even when undesired
happiness is there
*
money is the voice
which those with speak, and to which
those without listen
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life offers it all /
though, if it is not taken /
life forsakes it all
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stitched and tightly seamed
joysorrowlovelossdespairhope
a patchwork of me
*
life offers it all
though, if it is not taken
life forsakes it all
*
listen not to noise
for it’s pronounced with meaning
once it’s heard, it’s heard
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the pond, cool and deep
enlightened frogs bathe content
lo! first came their leap
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with the winded leaves
with the doves in their mourning
I explode with life
*
staying still, quiet
showing only peace, they come
writing this, they flee
*
whither I go
wither go I?
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is less truly more
to give even a little
seems to take so much
less is truly more
to give even a little
seems to mean so much
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now that they have grown
into wonderful beings
every day is mine
*
tell not: show what is
ask not: do it just because
want not: agape
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if not valued true
diamonds, soon, would lose their shine
surely, too, would we
*
dying, castro turns
after a revolving life
he turns to haiku
*
let the serpent slide
let the vulture pick the bone
let the angel be
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seek within the grain
the smallest reveals the grand
imagine the sand
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one accomplishment
if I can do just one thing
even just one thing
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what compels the awe
are miracles miracles
or just is as is
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what must be endured
before the blossom unfolds
heaven only knows
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a sailor’s reward
life awash with memories
how grand the ocean
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