An accounting and a culling.

photo - lewis hine

the other side of the mirror 

there is something happening on the reversed mirror

just out of sight    it is like a moon-rise waiting

to happen    do you see     the moon is hiding

behind those hills on the edge of this long flat valley

and the clouds are lining up like soldiers before an attack

mad officers are shouting ridiculous orders

that no one intends to obey

were you thinking   perhaps    of an old love

were you remembering a passion that has faded

turn the mirror around 

that is the greatness of being a human being

that one can alter the circumstance to welcome the divine

james lee jobe

down here

down here the earth is hot like the sloughs of death

like the breaking of waves

down here you flick a switch and crawling things come to life

wiggling and shining

now the trees have lost their shapes   the sky is the color of blood

and the women who do not shave have come to wash the bodies

were you thinking that now perhaps the bullets 

would go away

were you hoping that now perhaps the children 

could play outside once again

well no 

this is the part where there is an accounting 

and a culling

this is the part where some sort of retribution is planned

executed and then denied

down here you flick a switch and crawling things come to life 

wiggling and shining

down here the earth is hot like the sloughs of death 

like the breaking of waves

and you sweat

james lee jobe

You offer joy and happiness to another person, and it reflects back into your own life.

17th Karmapa

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james