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Gizzy |
I was minding my own business, walking Gizzy, our chihuahua mix, back from his appointment with his new veterinarian. We are temporarily living in an urban area, so I can do things like walk to the veterinarian's office and check out the fun shops in between the vet's office and our house. This is one of the good parts of living in a city, and since it is temporary, I am enjoying it as much as possible. We passed a book store with boxes of free books out front. Free anything really calls strongly to my spirit, but free books is like a siren's song! Plus, I have a couple of craft projects in mind, as I usually do, so I rummaged around to see if I could find anything to read or to use for my projects. I found a very cool, vintage garden book that will be good for something but I am not sure what and three hard cover compilations of best selling non-fiction from the early 1990's.
They didn't work out for the project I intended, so I decided to do blackout poetry instead. Blackout poetry is written by choosing the words on the page to form a poem. Because the content of the page directs the tone of the poem it creates an avenue to ideas and themes that I don't usually generate. I tend to be more rainbows and butterflies, with a focus on nature and my family. These poems seem to explore human nature and the second poem is definitely darker than my usual stuff! "Counsel"
He would accept anything that resembled wisdom,
the future,
a new beginning.The moment I could see a change in mood, grace.
He accepted the ultimate as his own.
"Let me tell you precise words,
upon advice, upon facts, and intelligence."
I listened and watched since birth.
Thus began years of service,
access to every aspect of community.
To follow the most rewarding activities.
We met human intelligence.
"Darkness"
The sanctuary from life,
in the middle of the night.
I listened carefully into the bottomless darkness, near the end.
I watched in silent distress.
Continued intrigues present speechless.
It was suddenly clear demons were inside him,
immediately after me.
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