<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=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Oh Ed again the delighgful play on words, the playfulness with words, the whimsical onomatopoeias behind which is hidden the wisdom of purification.</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Please continue with the Esteem Baths and bathe us in your wit.</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">And thanks to John Prine for the big old hearts dancin' in our eyes</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""> </div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 16, 2023, at 12:21, Ed 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=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dearest Pathwork Lovers, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It was so good to be in the Pathwork circle with everyone yesterday. It's always such a pleasure to be in direct communion with everyone doing this work. It's uplifting, encouraging, promising and hopeful. I enjoyed reading my "esteem bath" poetry and am posting it here publicly for anybody who'd like to take a gander at 'em in tandem. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(Warning: S<i class="">hower curtain NOT included..</i>.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Blessings to everyone on your journey, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">~ Ed Balldinger</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a name="_Hlk142404976" class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Esteem Bath </span></u></a></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt" class="">It was an accidental
time warp</span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">that claimed our
indentured adventure.<br class="">
<br class="">
Somewhere in a silicone sky, </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">color whistles white
clouds sideways <br class="">
<br class="">
winding winds of change around </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">azure captions written
in true teal script.<br class="">
<br class="">
I wanna read your unwritten words </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">in some
incomprehensible accent,</span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">words that make angels
whisper, <br class="">
<i class="">“We’re not the only ones watching you…”</i>
</span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">while you slip
insistently into your </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">own self esteem bath to
wash away </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">the distant dirt I made
you crawl through </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">when I never realized how
bad off I was. </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";font-size:14pt" class="">Edgar Z. Balldinger</span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"" class="">
January 7, 2019</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"" class=""> © Nublin’s Pub, 2019</span></i></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Another
Esteem Bath</span></u></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">This
bath couldn’t have come at</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">a
more mystifying time in my life – </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">it
opens my implorable pores to more</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">possible
potentiality than I ever </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">considered
before I came to these </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">crossroads
in my crisscrossing life. </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">I’m
embracing new inevitabilities</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">with
some of those long released </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">inklings
and all of these vanquished </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">inabilities
I’ve kept for so long on the table. </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Hell,
if this just ain’t the best way to </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">soak
in a tub as the Big Door Prize </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">plays
in the background, then I don’t </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">know
how we’re gonna see the big old </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">hearts dancin’ in our eyes. </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt" class=""> </span><i style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt" class="">(with a big nod to John Prine and
Iris Dement)</i></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"" class="">Edgar
Z. Balldinger </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"" class=""> August 8, 2023</span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
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© Nublin’s Pub, 2023</span></i></div></div></div>
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