........The Poetry Of.
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Wayne Noone ....................
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Miracles ....................
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"And a great multitude followed him, ....................
because they saw his miracles ....................
which he did on them that were diseased." ....................
- John, 6 ....................
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"And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say transient magic." ....................
- Koran, 54.2 ....................
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It is said in the Books of Islam, ....................
and in the other faiths ....................
of the Book that there are ....................
two lesser miracles ....................
and three greater miracles ....................
by which we are healed, ....................
and myriad beings participate in them ....................
and enact them. ....................
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Water is the first of the lesser miracles, ....................
the sound of water running ....................
and the warm smell of foam as the woman ....................
pours bath salts into the tub. ....................
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Walking is the second miracle, ....................
enacted each day without fail ....................
by that small fellow I see each evening ....................
rushing for his bus, ....................
his large ears burning. ....................
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Of the greater miracles, first ....................
there is hunger, enacted by Loretta who ....................
quit her job because Jesus told her to, ....................
and Minnie, when she heard this, ....................
Minnie, who's son having worked himself up ....................
in the Pittsburgh Police Force, a ....................
Force not known for racial equity, ....................
died in his sleep from some ....................
obscure respiratory ailment, ....................
her only son, for whom she fretted over ....................
shirts each Christmas, ....................
Minnie, when she heard this ....................
said well I hope Jesus puts ....................
food on her table. ....................
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The second greater miracle is death ....................
enacted by crows and rain crows. ....................
Of black crows, death by boredom and despair ....................
and suicide, and to the souls of suicides ....................
black crows hold. ....................
Of rain crows all manner of death ....................
by divers ailments and cancers, ....................
and for this reason the rain crow ....................
is called by the people of the Book ....................
the mourning dove. ....................
And all you who have died and have ....................
shed tears over the dead ....................
are participants therein. ....................
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But the miracle of the highest order ....................
is the miracle of sleep, ....................
which is given to us by the pine ....................
always sleeping in blue light, and blessing us ....................
with sleep which does not hunger ....................
and is not dead, ....................
and wherein lies the only place ....................
I still hear you ....................
whisper my name. ....................
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Karma
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I only hunted once ....................
in my life ....................
killed a big old coon. ....................
I imagine ....................
I’ve suffered some for that. ....................
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But I’ve had no qualms ....................
bout slapping my share ....................
of mosquitoes ....................
as they sought to suck ....................
my blood. ....................
And when my father and I ....................
would spread a slick ....................
of oil cross the stagnant pond ....................
behind the house ....................
to choke their nymphs ....................
we did it ....................
in good cheer. ....................
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I’ve burned ....................
the nests ....................
of tent caterpillars ....................
took em all out ....................
innocent ....................
along with the guilty. ....................
You know ....................
that cherry tree ....................
never looked so happy. ....................
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Everything that goes around ....................
comes around. ....................
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But only sometimes. ....................
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Slice Of Life
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Saw Ronnie in a tie today ....................
Ronnie lives alone in a three room ....................
kitchen bed and bath ....................
used to work at landscaping ....................
but couldn’t hold that job ....................
due to drink ....................
man about fifty ....................
spends his time somewhat shiftless ....................
great shock of black hair ....................
and jagged beard ....................
walks leaning back about ....................
thirty degrees like he’s truckin’ ....................
cept he tends to roll his hips ....................
like a girl ....................
most recently notorious ....................
for the fire he started ....................
in his bedroom falling asleep ....................
smoking had to jump out the ....................
window nude to escape the flames ....................
so the whole neighborhood saw ....................
his bare ass and talked about that ....................
for some time ....................
so I said what’s with ....................
the tie Ronnie ....................
I’m courtin’ the Widow ....................
Morelli he says like a Victorian ....................
Gentleman ....................
Mrs. Morelli was an old woman ....................
when I was a boy and she ....................
and her husband Lou ran ....................
the local market and all ....................
us kids would go there to buy ....................
penny candy ....................
and pick up milk and cigarettes ....................
for our mothers on tab ....................
now she must be ninety ....................
though just recently widowed ....................
Lou her spouse never ....................
recovered from the attack ....................
made by Mr. Seible the Morelli’s ....................
nextdoor neighbor for as long ....................
as I can remember ....................
but developing a grudge due to ....................
senile dementia Seible took ....................
a carpet knife with him ....................
into Lou’s store and cut ....................
Lou up pretty bad excising ....................
his nose ....................
and prompting Lou ....................
to close the store it’s a Beauty ....................
Parlor now and retire ....................
to his bed from which he never ....................
rose ....................
so Ronnie has designs ....................
on the old widow ....................
looking at me with a goofy ....................
grin like he’s talking about ....................
Anna Magnani in the Rose ....................
Tattoo ....................
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