What does that do to the old blood moving through its channels?
—Naomi Shihab Nye, Fresh
So much we do not need—
the old t-shirts at the back
of the closet, the secret
ingredient in Aunt Jean’s
tuna casserole, the pity
of strangers, the growing stack
of journals we promise
ourselves we will someday read,
the memorized jingles
from TV commercials
we sang when we were young.
.
And then there’s the list of what
we cannot do without—
the willingness to blossom
out of our own detritus,
the capacity to laugh a real
unguarded laugh, a joy
in unlearning whatever we
think we know, and
the grace to let our story
re-write itself even as we
fear turning the page.
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We were just talking about this idea this morning, how there is so much stuck in our heads that it would be overwhelming if the filing somehow worked. Well, not exactly this idea, but in the top stanza. The second one is entirely yours: what we cannot do. That one, yes, so underwritten in our lives. Nice one.
Ah, your words skip and cascade off the stones and collect in a pretty pool at the bottom. Bravo, a joy to read. Bill
thanks amigo! Splash! r
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