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Love after Love
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11/16/09
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Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
Derek Wolcott
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Such Luck
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11/03/09
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Another Bukowski
We were at this table, men and women,after dinner. Somehow the conversation got around to P.M.S. One of the ladies stated firmly that the only cure for P.M.S. was old age. There were other remarks that I have forgotten, except for one which came from this German guest, once married, now divorced. Also I had seen him with any number of beautiful, young girlfriends. Anyhow , after quietly listening to our conversation for some time he asked us, " What's P.M.S. ? " Now here was one truly touched by the angels. The light was so bright we all had to look away.
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Four Days in Oct.
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10/26/09
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Making Lemonade .
Me and a high school bud and friend of 40 yrs. were planning to ride the Lake Huron side of Michigan, but alas it was covered in rain, soooo..........We got on rt. 1 in Illinois , headed south till it dead-ended at the Ohio River at Cave in Rock, Il. , they had a free ferry to get to Kentucky on the other side so us and 30 other bikers made the crossing....Me and my bud traveled through some National forests that reminded me of parts of the " Dragon Tail Ride " in Tn. and vered south and east till we were surprised to find ourselves in Tenneessee , good place for wings and beers.......We hit good old rt. 41 in Tn. and followed it north back into Ky. and then Indiana......Toured a winery, bought a case, strapped it on the bike, watched the Bears game south of Terre Haute and did our 3'rd overnight there.Met a lot of cool people, over-tipped and flirted with a lot of bartendresses , and did 1000 miles in 4 days..... 14,000 miles in the year , so far...Speedking1
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