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< the paper wasps >
build their nest out
from the white boards under
the eaves of my mom's house
that will be mine someday
and i see them each day since
they're by the kitchen door
every day
as i take out the trash
as i walk the dog
as i let in the cats
as i let out the cats
as i let them in again
and me as well and
my neighbors and
friends and
people who would
sell me god and
all the rest of the life
that passes through and
they haven't stung us yet and
this is some sort of miracle
since they are paper wasps
and are known for being
very irritable
and someone
(but not, thank goodness, the
people who would sell me god)
suggested
that i kill them
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Published 6th Aug 2012
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6th Aug 2012 11:36pm
The spiritual admires what religion would damn... Down to the details... Thanks for the insight...
7th Aug 2012 00:03am
sweet
respect for
all
sentient
beans & beings/
goodly wrought, dear lem
respect for
all
sentient
beans & beings/
goodly wrought, dear lem
Anonymous
7th Aug 2012 00:53am
I like this poem and know them well~the wasps and the proselytes, Lemmy.
Strider
Strider
7th Aug 2012 8:10am
"sell me god"? Marvelous phrase dear Ray. I'm guessing you're no preacher of the almighty.
Clever little script.
Clever little script.
Yes, no preacher of the almighty (all my gods tend to be rather limited ones).
But, you notice, i was glad they weren't the ones who suggested killing;
i harbour a certain respect for their passion.
But, you notice, i was glad they weren't the ones who suggested killing;
i harbour a certain respect for their passion.
11th Aug 2012 11:27pm
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18th Aug 2012 3:52pm
Like it! A poem of details & passing things (with illusions of the incidental) that somehow (definitely helped by the mention that the house "will be mine someday", and the light-hearted presence of death & religion) suggests great glowing lengths of time & many lives (but just one time, one life)… deep but unpretentious, almost hiding. Either that or I dropped more than sugar into my coffee.
Nicely laid out too.
Nicely laid out too.
