Writing is worthwhile
because it creates a room
in which to think in peace --
A haven among the noise
outside and within
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Words create walls and
words tear down walls
but spelling is no magic
The pen isn't so much a wand
as it is a scoop, or a net
or a wrangler of the air that herds
wild and nebulous ideas
and also collects obvious things
off of the floor, like an old sheep
dog with his nose, that can no
longer be bothered by the
haste of things ⠀
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Writing is gathering the matter
of life and lovingly sifting it
through the sieve of a pen
The enchantment of love
The rusted patina on the
curve of an old copper pot
The sharp edge of loss
A conversation from yesterday
The last electrical twitch of a
dead fly on the windowsill
Each are handled with the same
preciousness, as if the chestnut
gloss of a flyaway hair over the
scowl of a grocery store
clerk is of equal gravity
to the meaning of life
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Crowded is the heart
and full is the eye
that commits writing
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The sifting, and settling, allowing the smallest
loosest bits to slip through the pan
of the page, watching intently
and other times idly
panning, panning
not for gold but
for what
remains
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