Roses, dahlias, poppies, irises
The petals, the soil, the plantings, the statues
To be around her is a blessing
To listen to her is a beautiful song
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The word transcends this body
The most precious algorithm
The collection of individual meanings
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Can I watch it unfold
Hold it
Love it
Play it
But not fall prey to it
Can I kiss it while it’s hot
Say okay and not be attached
Let whoever it is have their time to think
To be impassioned with the blood of our history
Can I just-ly stand witness
Kiss them on the lips and say I’m listening
Cause I am

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It was so long ago
I don’t even remember
What happened in Dallas
There was a girl standing on the street
And someone came up to her
He slapped her and said
“Get off the street, you don’t belong here”
She stood upright, looked him in the eyes
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A Prologue:

In this world of wild and crazy realities, there are a few things that I can identify as real and essential to the planet.
Both are the substance through which foundations are formed.
One explicit and visible in mountains, islands, and land masses, its power and majesty so great it looms over our physical world
The other implicit and experienced as in the tenderness of the culture, the humility as one being caresses another
Thank you for the reminder that the atmosphere love intends is not only as explosive as the volcano but creates the foundation for which transformations depend.

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She was my grandmother
Who would know, I’d sit by her side as she’d take her last breath
The horse crackle of those last gasps
Eyes glazed over
She had left days before

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