The earth when she shakes and rolls.

Hokusai, Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry, 1834

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This is the taste of darkness
The taste of metal in the air
The taste of electricity
You close your eyes
To the sunlight of noon
The taste of your eyes
The taste of sunlight
The taste of day
Walking with your eyes closed
No they're covered
And one arm is reaching out
The taste of walkin
The taste of an arm in the air.
Now it is night
You can taste the darkness
Like metal, like electricity
This is the taste of being alive

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        Tree branches flailing in the wind. Crows loudly claiming territory. The river when it’s in a hurry. The sky is thundering about a coming storm. The earth when she shakes and rolls. Leather shoes dancing over a hardwood floor. The automobile horn under an angry hand. The chattering squirrel. The orca lowing in the deep. Things and beings speak. Ssh. Listen.

The sun, the moon, the stars;

They're all silent.

I'm sure there is a lesson in that.

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        I am building a tiny bed inside of the bed I already have, so that the dream people can sleep when I sleep. You know, those strangers that you see sometimes in dreams. I’ll make the bed from the softest of yawns and nice thoughts, and cover that with sweet sentences that help the dream people feel relaxed and at home. Good night, it's time for bed. 


James Lee Jobe

Slim Harpo, I'm A King Bee

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RIVER

Li Po, the little boat is gone
that carried you ten thousand 'li'
downstream past the gibbons calling
all the way from both banks and they
too are gone and the forests they
were calling from and you are gone
and every sound you heard is gone
now there is only the river
that was always on its own way

W.S. Merwin

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There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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I have just three things to teach: implicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

 Lao Tzu

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