Monthly Archives: December 2024

1228 WHAT DOES IT MEAN, NOW? 12-30-24

A class in The Doctrine of The Sabbath. That’s the sort of thing I studied at the Seventh-Day-Adventist Seminary. The Professor, the late, great, Doctor Roy, wise teacher he was, personable, you know? On the first night of class, he … Continue reading

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1227 ON BAD HABITS 12-29-24

When I consider my senescence, and my built in obsolesce I find there are legions of evil habits I must eliminate from my existence. Like, when I squash my lust for a second or even fourth sweet dessert! My wife … Continue reading

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1226 AS A REMEMBERENCE 12-28-24

Every sixth day, as the sun finishes its decent through the heavens from zenith to horizon, while the sky explodes into fiery red and orange flames, a seam opens, a hole between the realms. And through it flows a stream … Continue reading

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1225 NO LIFE-GUARD ON DUTY – SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK 12-26-24

What does it take to drown a precocious, athletic, non-swimming- non-floater, 4 foot-5 inches tall, 4, maybe, 5 years old child in a pool, 6 feet deep? Well, not much: His teen age brother, delegated to watch him but who … Continue reading

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1224 OH! WHAT JOY! 12-26-24

Oh! There are so many pictures of god. Just in the winds… In cool on-shore breezes. In roiling hurricanes wild enough to knock me off my feet, press me into the sand, pounding, beating me till I bleed and feel … Continue reading

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1223 WHY DID HE STUMBLE ON… 12-23-24

…when he could have called upon the powers of 10,000 angels? His cross was heavy. The splinters, sharp and jagged. He was bleeding from a Roman scourging. He was exhausted from a night and a day of pain. The turn-coat-crowd … Continue reading

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1222 IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A WATER BUFFALO 12-11-23

…or a chimp, our second cousin and therefore further up the choosing chain. Or a meerkat, that social scamperer of the African Plain, stretched out on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by an arrogant, bearded Meerkat artist capturing … Continue reading

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1221 REALLY, NO PLACE TO HIDE 12-13-24

“By the sea! By the sea! By the beautiful sea! You and me! You and me! Oh! How happy we’ll be!” …goes a silly Broadway ditty sung on the beach of a beautiful ocean. But I have grown older, now. … Continue reading

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1220 ON ARRIVING AT THE COMPLETION OF MY 76th YEAR 11-25-24

Naturally, since my escape from the womb, I have become older. I mature. I become wiser. Sometimes, stupid. Stronger. Learn to learn. Learn to love. Evolve from hunger for Mothers nipple too lustful for my loves breasts. To understand what … Continue reading

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disclaimer 12-05-24

JUST A NOTE TO WHOEVER MIGHT WANDERING THROUGH MY POEM BLOG: p0ems 1215-1219 a not to be taken seriously…. I had to get them off my gut, but they are poorly writ political propaganda not to be counted, avoided if … Continue reading

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