Tag Archives: relationships

remark

Conversation can be just so polite; we comment on the weather and daylight and the cards we play as if the whole array is with us every day— and it is. Looking at the whole constant stream can be like … Continue reading

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a little carpentry

My sons came home to help my arthritic shoulders raise high the roof (read: install a new ceiling in the upstairs bathroom). The old ceiling has been flaky: paint and plaster falling like errant snow. The word “help” is relative: … Continue reading

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internecine

decide to walk or ride outside our comfortable walls: gaze avert scope straight ahead ears close down secure brains stay alert but chakras tight for all outside is only pain: thief, murderer, rapist, sinner as we see them so they … Continue reading

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