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the coyote fellowship across the road from where i stand calls out to the rising sun reminding me that i am one voice among the many united in strange beauty

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in retreat from the night every breath along the river is held like a loaded gun there's no need to press forward take a step back and remain hidden like the coyote

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thinking back to playing soccer around the time of an eclipse and getting sick around that time as well my team was undefeated and i was like the sun

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A relic of the poet’s misbegotten, heartbroken younger days which nonetheless made for good songwriting opportunities …

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the sun remains patient with the ambling clouds climbing to its golden zenith there is no point to try to deceive the day will unfold as it will follow and you will do well

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the slow and steady sun seems to rise as the planet turns not a mechanical grind of manipulated movement but an effortless poem spoken in a single breath

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the sun like a powerful mare no need for chariot or whip the sunrise of its own accord happens without any planning your only task is to receive her blessings and beware

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in spring the sun rises out of sleep and the sleeper rises out of the darkness of dreaming shrugging off aching in the bones shrugging off winter to embrace the blessèd return of the light

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like a fragment of blue sky that makes a promise to the trees to bring the people to their knees i dedicate myself to the good of everyone and promise to share my good fortune

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