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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Why Go to the Trouble?


Why sew a coat
if you don't want
anyone to wear it?

Why plant an orchard
if you don't want
anyone to eat from it?

Why build a house
if you don't want
anyone to live in it?

Why seek the truth
if you don't want
anyone to have it?

1 comment:

  1. Dr. MikeNovember 19, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    Before and After

    I sew this coat for a wanderer
    Who fathered us all before
    Disappearing into the fog

    I harvest peaches before
    Frost can kill the crop
    And start canning for the winter

    I watch the Amish raise
    Our barn and give the eldest
    That seafarer’s coat

    All the other workers
    Enjoy fallen peaches
    After their labors.

    [Disposable Poem November 18, 2009]
    Dr. Mike

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