obligation
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Sleep Calls Me
Sleep calls meon a quiet Saturday afternoonwhen the ironing and vacuuming are doneand it's not yet time to start dinner. She calls me from the bedroom,where she's already lured the catsinto one, black, circular mass of slow breathingand entwined limbs.… Continue reading
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Stop Trying So Hard
"Stop trying so hard,"says my cat,pausing while grooming,left hind leg still extended upward."We're not going to love you any lessbecause there's dust on the credenza." Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Obliquity 4
All his vast ambitiousnessturned out was quite iniquitous:in all his doing (don't you see?)he never took the time to be. Text, image and audio © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. To listen to this poem Download Obliquity 4 Continue reading
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Obliquity 3
Upon my gravestonesomeone writ:"He got lots done,but that was it." Text, image and audio © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. To listen to this poem Download Obliquity 3 Continue reading
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Obliquity 2
Are you someone infected toowith the constant call to do,to accomplish, overcome,get just one more damn thing done? Are their meetings to attend?Loads of clothes to clean and mend?Stacks of bills to sort and pay?Lists of folks for whom to… Continue reading