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Study
5-8-13

Jesus departs into the coasts of Sidon and Tyre
Where many there are baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire
And if willing to accept such conflagrations
That spread with compassion of taking thought and care
Of bramble bushes growing their roses
As Jesus is the only one to keep the law of Moses
According to what I can remember
From such a study in night seasons of my wine...
























Magdala
5-8-13


Coming to my coasts of my Magdala
By means of melancholy meekness no longer lofty
As I humble myself to this beauty of God's glory in gratitude
Boarding a deep sea fishing vessel of the valor to yet vindicate
Such virtue and vice
Lighting up another cigarette for comfort in all dryness
Over which I salivate the more
In knowing that to the pure all things are pure...




























Clean Shave
5-8-13


Transfiguration is my fifteen letter word for today
Where I get a clean shave just to say that I did something about it
In the company of God's manifestation of unmerited favor namely, Grace
My calico cat that has been my miracle for the previous fifteen years
Of my dwelling in my abode
Laden in spiral notebooks of beautiful knowledge
That to this day I still seek
Serving as the keys to the kingdom
Of which by position I am an heir...














Oft
5-8-13


Diving oft into the water for such a cleansing
Hoping for such words to be more than just a tinkling cymbal
Of its sound sonorous and serene
Delving oft into this fire that refines
In my constant and fervent prayer
Devising oft these ruses of antiquity
Still in the process of learning the language of the still sounds
Like tinkling brass with clashing of cymbals
To set the tempo of the beat
Diving oft into this water that still washes me clean.....








Tribute
5-8-13


Tribute is in the belly of the first fish
To be brought up from my personal river Jordan
Where I can see that filled again is my cup
Seeing that God has a reason why I am here
Writing these words upon pages
To be consulted on a later day of latter times
Where malarkey doth make good and meaningful rhymes
Given this tribute
Like money we do find on the banks of such rivers
That yet flow to give it to the cause
In the stroking of Grace and her paws...








Finding
5-8-13


I find that what I am doing today
Is what I have always wanted in life
With pen in hand
Where I review such Scripture
That even better now I come to understand
With faith that with flying colors
I will pass the inspection of this abode
Of which I love
Just the way that it is
Finding today
To be all that I could ever dream of....