<div dir="ltr">I love how this poem takes itself to the compost, only to be transformed into <i>"our new world, our new form."</i> Oh, what a poetic bouquet of hope and sweet-scented possibilities!<br><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for another wonderful poem and the beautiful way you see and express it all, Riantee! </div><div><br></div><div>~ Ed </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 8:44 PM Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">If anyone is going to Santa Rosa on Monday I would need a ride to the airport, airplane leaving at 3:00<div>I would be happy to pay for the gas.</div><div>Riantee<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Sacred Stench<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">From Putrefaction to Purification</span> <span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">When I took the organic garbage <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">to the compost pile this morning<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">the putrefaction was underway;<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">it stunk!<span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Through a process of decomposition<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">those left-overs<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">that once were a favorite food <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">slowly rot, <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">releasing a stench <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">close to unbearable.<span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Could I throw in<span> </span><span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">my secret feelings and emotions, <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">my undisclosed cravings and fears<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">my hidden hurts and disappointments?<span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">It might stink even more<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">and really upset me <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">if I try to look into it too closely,<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">but I know<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">that if I let it settle for a while <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">all refuse will turn into new soil.<span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Sensuous earthworm will dig small channels<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">activating the process of oxygenation<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">for a new breath; <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">the soil will be renewed,<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">a scent <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">of the good earth we all are made from<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">will replace the old.<span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span> </span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The good gardener doesn’t recoil<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">from putrefaction,<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">it encourages it;<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">the sacred investigator<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">doesn’t recoil from unsavory feelings,<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">it knows that pus, <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">when draining the boil, <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">is inevitable for purification and healing;<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">the holy warrior doesn’t fear <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">the greediness and exploitation<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">of the oppressor,<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">it knows<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">the undoing of the planet <span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">to be a necessary step<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">for the trans-formation<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">that will disclose<span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">our<span> </span>new world,<span> </span><span></span></div>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">our new form. </span>
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