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The God I Know

September 24, 2009

I sat on the back deck this evening, listening to the sounds of the crickets singing, feeling the soft breeze fragrant with the magnolia blossoms of the tree I planted a few years ago, seeing the stars peeking through wide holes in the drifting clouds, and seeing reflections of lightning way off in the distance… [...]

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Cloudburst

September 21, 2009

Her breath stirring expectant leaves that
whisper sweetly under warm
hymns of the cicadas
Building higher and more majestic her
voluptuous cumulus rises in a shuddering sigh
her face growing dusky with growing ardor
her ragged gasps ringing hot against my cheek
Thunderclap of her climax and silver rain laughing down
on this withered land, quenching my parched lips.
I turn my face to [...]

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From The Garden

September 18, 2009

Dwelling in your high lonely house, can
you see me waving, waiting beneath your window?
Through the walls of your stout fortress,
can you hear me hailing you from the garden?
Who has imprisoned you? And whom do you
say has imprisoned you?
For the power and consent is in the saying of it!
The roses weep dewdrops for you.
The grass begs [...]

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