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Then the mountain wood, the enemy, self immolates and blows its breath across the lake to the western shore, where I spend my days with the journals of John Woolman. The summer light falls through the haze, reminding me of something that I saw in May. By the county fair the dust was high when I saw Henry walking home.

Always been one to look out for the unseeded.
Face in the light and the eyes in the yard meeting.
Call it to mind and I break down without warning.

By the Trader Joe’s, the Rowan tree offers fruit of protection for all my thoughts, but it can’t intercede for the shoplifter when the manager calls the cops. In the desert I could find the Word on each stray piece of paper that I picked up. In the city I take walks just to throw out the time, impatient with life.

Always been one to show up where I’m not needed.
Face of the clock is the eye of the all-seeing.
Blink of the eye, I’ll make time for it in the morning

Oh, Pachomius, I need you here. Show me how to be giving when I ‘m alone. I apologise ‘cause I’ve never prayed with full faith to your Mother.

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from Standing Out On The Grass, released November 11, 2022

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