Participate

In that past
Of absolute
And zero distant

In this present
Of convolute
And not yet occurred

Of absolute
And convolute

Of zero distant
And not yet occurred

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Palma

We have the gifts
Of the warm breeze of September
Of the carefree promenades
Of the distinctive Americano

With these gifts present
We take time to contemplate
We wake early to meditate
We make ourselves into ourselves

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Observe

The wave rises
Then pauses
Then falls

The sound climbs
Then stills
Then reverberates

The sky clears
Then clouds
Then coincident

The people walk
Then stand
Then converse

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Settlement

In those daydreams
When I dreamt about you
At the virgin viewpoint
With nothing beneath us
Before the journey, of
Many, twisting, turning roads
Down to the town, behind
A dry-moat, and a Roman wall

In those anxious moments
When I turned to you
As if in your prayer
You might meditate
On the numinous paths
Of many variations, back
To the settled homestead
Ahead of all escarpments

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Sea, Sky, Cruise Liner

There you are
A swimmer in the sea
Just your head, bobbing
Above the water

The red cross stand by
Aeroplanes fly overhead

I don’t want to be
One of the thousands on board
Though a smaller, more refined
People carrier, well that would be fine

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