October 7
What Oliver Could not Know
One of the complications of being an orphan is not learning
about the failings and foibles which visit themselves on all parents. Living estranged from G-d has this same blind
spot. When you live with someone day in
and day out you understand their dimensions; depravation causes celebrity and
the casting of very large shadows in some very odd places. The intimate knowledge of a guardian allows
for relaxation and experimentation.
Isolation creates an overload of anticipation; fear of risk and the
yearning for attention swing a pendulum to the point of weaponry. Familiarity is a breeding ground, which means
many things grow. Life in a vacuum is
devoid of life and nothing grows up.
Lock away things forever and they only have imaginary meaning
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HAWAIIAN GRAFFITI
White pebbles spell themselves
across the black of lava grown cold.
Personal announcements proclaim
love, school pride, religious freedom.
The care of placement and consideration of design
make the roadside an on going mineral memo.
What message would I care to share?
What words would prompt me to bring a pail
of crushed marble to the edge of the road.
Is there a truth so urgent I would take time
from paradise to spell it out?
A few more miles and I see the words I live by
strewn down the thoroughfare-------
IT WORKS-----IF YOU WORK IT.
White pebbles spell themselves
across the black of lava grown cold.
Personal announcements proclaim
love, school pride, religious freedom.
The care of placement and consideration of design
make the roadside an on going mineral memo.
What message would I care to share?
What words would prompt me to bring a pail
of crushed marble to the edge of the road.
Is there a truth so urgent I would take time
from paradise to spell it out?
A few more miles and I see the words I live by
strewn down the thoroughfare-------
IT WORKS-----IF YOU WORK IT.
You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
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