No Accidents
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i have seen the smile in the alligator's eye
on the Suwanee River,
and worked with one teenager
who had the same look in his.
i have waded the waters of the Gulf Shore,
a school of rays parting around me,
making me for one moment
a part of their dance,
and from there to New Orleans
in a car filled with laughter
and the redolent reek of marijuana
for a Ghost Tour in the Vieux Carre.
i have looked through a telescope, breathless,
at the Orion Nebula;
my friend, an astronomer, beside me,
telling me, "You're watching a star
being born." That crucible of Creation
is a spark reflected in God's eye,
in Whose eye i also dance.
i am not the protagonist of this story,
but these are no accidents of Fate . . .
tracing these lines back to their Source,
i feel as ever the incredible force
of the first poem spoken
into the audient void:
"Let there be light."
And there was.
It's Time For Him to Step Down . . .
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Folks, it's time for him to step down.
He's had a lot of success in a career that spans 30+ years, and he should
be lauded for the things that he has acco...
7 years ago
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