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this isn't in the Guru Almanac:
sand paper pyramids
mountains with lupine meadows
walnut orchards mostly gone now
one might imagine
mom's way of standing
presuming the canary had not escaped
and was not watching from a branch
in our walnut tree
or the day when dad cleared the back lot
lit a huge bonfire
and it was poison oak
silicon towers glisten
we are modern now
most of us
the Almanac is printed on
brand new
sulfur free
ageless paper
ROUND DAYLIGHT
there is a certain office paneled stare
a trail of Kleenex tissues
that will not be followed
tempting to envision a battle tank
but that was no defense
and will be no defense
way too heavy
the tissues were perfumed
no more so than pine scent by the sea
it beckons, the sound of it
sea gulls silent
a sunset somewhere else imagined
a blurred zucchini bloom
recall black and white movies?
where cobble stones glisten?
and violins play?
where HIV was unimagined by a blazing hearth?
strains of Ebola virus?
in the archives of imagination
mom's rosemary steaks were good
some things never change
the sea, however
was perfumed long before imagination
baseball's diamond is a subtle mound of national wealth
though Adam Smith would say
the game is not agricultural
a snoring point that seems not to require
and in fact is
no defense of truth
which is stone silent
STONE STARE CASE
the word windmill generates free power
revolving on its own without a breeze
from a branch on a tree at a safe distance
a blue jay comes to watch
the mill has been known to emit random flashes
random, at least, from a bird's point of view
the other animals think it is probably just crazy
all the other windmills thrash around
and enjoy the wind
but then, they want water
so as to compete with water wheels
it is a rather complicated business
no water, no breeze, free power
rather disturbing, really
lack of bureaucracy is considered unfair competition
all the other big wheels have attendants
bookkeepers, tax consultants
blue jay plucks out a fluffy feather
life is simple
there is nothing really so free
as wind through a ruffle of fine feathers
flip, flop and fly
of course there are always those powerful flashes
but from way up high
it is a light show
free power
windmill
word
