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Just so moving....You really do get on a roll Riantee! <br><br>
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At 11:58 AM 10/13/2022, you wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">A Sacred Autumn Afternoon
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Oh dark energy be gone<br>
and be gone <br>
until the day<br>
when I can take you in<br>
without the danger of falling in.<br>
Meanwhile I can dance ever so lightly<br>
around you,<br>
I can sing and dance, dance and sing.<br><br>
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Today we built a grave in the forest<br>
around the place <br>
where ancient Mimi’s tiny body rested.<br><br>
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I see you Mimi coiled into a small, <br>
small ball, velvet like,<br>
curled up into yourself on the hard-won chair <br>
purring,<br>
black on white sheepskin,<br>
your withered body<br>
exuding so much loving energy<br>
towards those who would come close,<br>
close enough <br>
to hear the teeny purring.<br><br>
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Today we went to the pond<br>
half-covered with aquatic foliage.<br>
In the slanted light espousing the water<br>
I beheld my son’s white body<br>
standing naked on a board<br>
paddling ripples<br>
silver <br>
on all that green.<br>
The improvised vessel came to a standstill<br>
and the last rays of the sun <br>
dissolved the dazzling wrinkles.<br>
Concentric circles radiated out<br>
from the body<br>
into infinity. <br><br>
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This pond and I had communed many-a-day<br>
when I was alone in my contemplation<br>
but now our ‘little fur family’<br>
danced with new vitality.<br><br>
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Oh dark energy you are gone<br>
as we blessed that day in Autumn<br>
and strolled to the orchard where we bit into<br>
apples, pears and plums <br>
dropping from overloaded branches,<br>
while our basket gracefully received<br>
the fragrant verbena we would infuse after supper.<br><br>
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And the little family<br>
got home before dark<br>
to make dinner. </blockquote><br>
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