east of the rockies, west of the rest

i like jeffrey foucault, and fred eaglesmith, and kris delmhorst, and corb lund, and gordon lightfoot, and the smell of baked bread, and working under the sun, and white curtains with red geraniums in kitchen windows, and plaid shirts. and i like fencing, and feeding animals, and even cleaning chickenhouse; i like the wind in [...]

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“need is not quite belief”
- anne sexton

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meditation

coursing through this mortal fuse
it is almost a gradual accretion, a burgeoning mass of reasons that every passing day supplements. these the reasons not to (write, exploit, take hold, relate, reach), and these the reasons to. the point upon which each cycle hinges, of course, is that knowledge alone or itself never gained or lost [...]

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