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do not envy the feasts of others

imagined in the golden dawn

nor break your fast on fear

be the hungry tiger

or the self-sufficient turtle

nourished by goodness and light

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the sun climbing to midday fills the sky with abundant light rejoice and be glad in it this day this moment is all there is so receive it with joy let tomorrow come when it will

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"thunder in heaven above" that is to say within my being for the kingdom of heaven is within you as christ said and here on the columbia i persevere to receive it

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the monday sunrise in the wind pressing against the day's grain here comes everyone again i woke feeling disheveled "time to make the donuts" my wife said with a smile

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woke up this morning from dreaming didn't feel very well-rested but smiled at the joke my dream told me and then got dressed and went outside everything was quiet and still even the cars on the highway hushed

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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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