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The Chosen

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on August 2, 2025| 3 Comments »


 
 
You hear how this one is dull, she said,
as she knocked on the melon.
I rapped the green skin and nodded.
Now, she said, try this one.
I knocked and heard the brightness.
Vibrant, she said. Vibrant, I agreed.
She picked it up and handed the melon
to me. This one, she said. Choose this one.
 
Tonight, I imagine some great hand
coming to knock on my chest, rapping
just above my heart, testing me
to see if I am one worth choosing.
I’m surprised by the prayer that arrives.
Choose us all, please, choose us all.

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What Was the Question?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 11, 2014| 2 Comments »

in the sweets shop
standing in front of the shelves
unable to choose—
realizing that I am the one
who wants to be chosen

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unable to see
the mountain at the end
of the clouded valley—
never once doubting
it is still there

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choose me, choose me,
choose me, I say to the world,
but of course I mean
choose me
the way I want to be chosen

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outside, of course,
preferably in the sun, far
away from all
other eyes, an inchworm takes
all day to measure one lily

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all day asking
myself, what would be lighter,
and even lighter
than this, all day I land
more softly

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who is the one
who thinks she wants to be chosen?
leaning into the
infinite whatever it is
that notices her wanting

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