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Jim

Before and After Silence

sirens : sell

sirens pass outside
louder LOUDER FADE Fade fade
my moods come and go

sit

entertaining thoughts
sell themselves to me all day
watch them come and go
toys obscured

toys obscured by Zoë

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Jim

rigamarole : inevitability

my old companion
depression returned again
same rigamarole

sit

as if before a
tidal wave's inevitability
i sit i sit now
angles, angels

angles, angels by Zoë

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Jim

phantom : electricity

my daughter awake
searching for a phantom toy
escaped from her dream

sit

electricity
intermittently ascends
presenting as thought
phantom  electricity

dada obscured #2 by Zoë

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Jim

reason : perceiver

i have no reason
to be happy but i am
happy unhappy

sit

heavy lidded eye
perceiver of the pure light
of thought awakens
mama

mama #23 by Zoë

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Jim

body : dreams

as i take my seat
my body remembers it
and the mind settles

sit

when i am sleeping
i wind the blankets around me
a cocoon of dreams
self portrait

Self Portrait #56 by Zoë

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Jim

black : hopeless

mood so black
I cannot bother to count the beats
a deep dark fear

sit

sitting and crying
hopeless and tired and scared
I can face the day
covered over

covered over #3 by Zoë

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Jim

away : spring

I have been busy
and away from my cushion
now i must wake up

sit

meditation is
like a clear cold mountain spring
you have to taste it
walking walking

Walking walking by Zoë

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Jim

swarm : steam

a swarm of activity
night and day without rest
tired and awake

sit

the sky is light blue
a metal steam stack rises
part way into it
swarm  steam

wagon wheel by Zoë

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Jim

stillness : timer

sometimes i perceive
a stillness under all things
i hope in me too

sit

my iphone timer
has chimed in silence again
open ended time
stillness  timer

Lateral movement study #87 by Zoë

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Jim

friends : returning

visiting some friends
I remember gratitude
and humility

sit

returning to sit
after time away from here
a welcome embrace
friends  returning

step up #4 by Zoë

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Jim

love : duck

my daughter Zoë
cannot say the word "love," I think
so she says "I you"

sit

Gray rug, wooden duck
spider plant sending out shoots
a man sitting down
love  duck

bright kitchen by Zoë

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Jim

restless : stillness

Another restless
night spent wide awake in
self examination

sit

my mind won't settle
even this is workable
chaos and stillness
restless  stillness

Sister and Dada by Zoë

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