Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Apostasy ~ Tuesday, 12 May 2020

I aspire to revise | the corpus of my work | to succeed both in word 

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and deed, to feed the dreams | of children neglected | by the system of men, 

send a boxcar to ride | the heavily guarded | line from San Francisco, 

purchase one-way tickets | back to New York City | in time for Thanksgiving, 

if you have enough time | to stop in Chicago | 
to visit with Rui, 

remember the poet | for his verse and his deeds | for he strove to know God, 

even an atheist, | an anarchist, a fool | who denies the ego, 

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tranquil in heart and mind, | a tiger in spirit, | go catch him by the tail, 

of course, he'll be running | along the Lakefront Trail | avoiding coyotes, 

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remember to visit | his girlfriend and their cats, | if you are allergic, 

excuse your lack of grace | and manners, they don't care, | we all suffer in hell, 

visit "The Bean" instead, | take a "Cloud Gate" photo, | not unlike a selfie, 

if you have time downtown, | eat at Cafecito | on Ida B. Wells Drive, 

see you post a photo | of your food on the Gram, | and tag the restaurant, 

even if you don't like | Cuban-style sandwiches | it's worth a stop, he says...

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