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Up Against It

December 21, 2020November 14, 2020 Leave a comment by sbegotka

The light and carefree days Are visited upon frequently enough But all too often, But I’m up against it, The wall Looming over The dark that hides the shadows Always on the horizon line. I’m up against it. This day I live Is a declaration Of my existence The inscrutable Deep sea of divinity. I fear … Read more Up Against It


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Mary Oliver – Poem

December 11, 2020October 29, 2020 Leave a comment by sbegotka

“You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.Meanwhile the world goes on.Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles … Read more Mary Oliver – Poem


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The Feed

December 21, 2020July 7, 2010 Leave a comment by sbegotka

Here I find myself Cast into this dimension or is it dementia? I digress, Here I was….I am here Like it or NOT? In a swirling whirly dirl Of input. Input Input Input A buzz, awash, Swimming like drunken fish With all the other cast-a-ways Human vessels launched like ships into this sea of shit. … Read more The Feed


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Buzzard Ladies

December 21, 2020April 7, 2010 Leave a comment by sbegotka

Buzzard ladies, I salute you. You are the topic of the hour, The fodder of gossips, And the inspiration for a thousand questions. You don’t seek the spotlight, but claim it all the same. Hermits of the hills, I admire you. The audacity to not need us, Your solidarity of one, The tenacity to shirk … Read more Buzzard Ladies


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