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follow the split down the middle

of the grey matter

where it's all chatter and shit

just a room full of voices

and a mind so sick.

Reverence

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and then the sun came to the world

and reached with fiery hands.

to make from such pale face of hers

a green for all her lands.

And all her foulest pains and wounds

he closed and healed anew.

And stopped the dreaded pestilence.

that drew her so askew.

And when her children gazed in awe

at how their mother wept,

they remembered then the loneliness

that they themselves had kept.

With Reverence for Mother Earth

and Love both far and wide

we will remember once again

the human trapped inside.

I went to the bridge the next morning, dressed in my favorite spring dress. White and flowing, embroidered flowers in blue and purple with bees leaving swirly trails of dots. I figured I'd dress up for St. Peter. Maybe he'd spare me for being pretty.

it's easy to love.

you just have to let everything go,

and it all starts working.

as we grow older

the magic of christmas fades

maybe we all get jaded a bit

but it's also because we learn

that generosity shouldn't be confined

to a single day.

There are Many Names for Home

Photo and Title: Matthew McPheeters

home is the other end

of the ropes we tied

to each other.