<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Such beautiful images floated into my mind!<div class="">Thank you, Riantee!</div><div class="">Love,Lee<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 13, 2022, at 9:37 PM, balldinger via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I love this exquisite tromp around the pond, through the forest, along the concentric circles, and all the way through dinner. Let's eat!!</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto" class=""><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto" class="">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size: 100%;" class=""><div class="">-------- Original message --------</div><div class="">From: Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> </div><div class="">Date: 10/13/22 11:58 AM (GMT-08:00) </div><div class="">To: <a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a> </div><div class="">Subject: [Thespiritexpress] Autumn Poem </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Sacred Autumn Afternoon <span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh dark energy be gone<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and be gone<span class=""> </span><span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">until the day<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">when I can take you in<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">without the danger of falling in.<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile I can dance ever so lightly<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">around you,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can sing and dance, dance and sing.<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today we built a grave in the forest<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">around the place <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">where ancient Mimi’s tiny body rested.<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I see you Mimi coiled into a small, <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">small ball, velvet like,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">curled up into yourself on the hard-won chair <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">purring,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">black on white sheepskin,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">your withered body<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">exuding so much loving energy<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">towards those who would come close,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">close enough <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">to hear the teeny purring.<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today we went to the pond<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">half-covered with aquatic foliage.<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the slanted light espousing the water<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I beheld my son’s white body<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">standing naked on a board<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">paddling ripples<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">silver <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">on all that green.<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">The improvised vessel came to a standstill<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and the last rays of the sun <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">dissolved the dazzling wrinkles.<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concentric circles radiated out<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">from the body<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">into infinity. <span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">This pond and I had communed many-a-day<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">when I was alone in my contemplation<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">but now our ‘little fur family’<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">danced with new vitality.<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh dark energy you are gone<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">as we blessed that day in Autumn<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">and strolled to the orchard where we bit into<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">apples, pears and plums <span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">dropping from overloaded branches,<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">while our basket gracefully received<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">the fragrant verbena we would infuse after supper.<span class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="MsoNormal"><span class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">And the little family<span class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">got home before dark<span class=""></span></div>
<span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">to make dinner.</span>
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