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Living the Story

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 16, 2026| 5 Comments »


                  after listening to Ezekiel Fugate
 
 
This small gray spider
descends from the ceiling 
and stops right in front 
of my face—
I cannot say I love it,
but I still myself 
to honor this bulbous 
and elegant being
fourteen billion years
in the making who came
from the same cosmological
singularity out of which 
evolved acorns and
red squirrels and comets
and apples and my hand
and you, so, “hello,” I say,
as marvel stitches itself
into fear, and I stare 
as we both dangle there
on the thread of the moment, 
two characters in the one big story
arriving here together to meet 
whatever comes next.

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A Blessing

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 7, 2026| 1 Comment »


 
 
At the edge of forest 
and field, a dappled fawn 
wobbles through tall 
grass, each step halting, 
delicate. Around her, 
the sweet clover blooms 
in a yellow haze. Ash 
sifts, from the nearby wildfire.
Scent of burning, scent 
of change. Lyric variations 
of the song sparrow 
thread the air as if he is
stitching together all 
that is here. Not pictured,
but no less present: 
You. The sparrow. The flame. 
The fawn steps into the open 
to walk inside me, weaves 
through a sea of shifting greens. 
Long after she disappears, 
she does not leave.
 

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