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Lightly child, lightly
[…]
I walk
into what light
there is
[…]
~ Mark Strand, from “Another Place,” Collected Poems
Notes:
- Quote Source: Schonwieder. Photo: A Clean-Well Lighted Place
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
Driving I-95 S. Miracle? All of it.
7 am.
Clear. 50° F. Blue skies.
I’m flowing down I-95 S.
I lower the windows and rest my arm on the door frame.
The gusts fill the cabin. November chill.
70s on 7 is spinning Neil Sedaka and Bad Blood.
Doo-ron, doo-ron, di di, dit, do-ron-ron
To hell with these nonsensical lyrics. I plug my own.
I do what I want to do.
I hear want I want to hear.
I See. Thank God I can See.
Good Blood. Good Blood. Good Blood.
And the brain train starts to pull,
the steel couplers snap between the rail cars,
the words begin to slide down the rails.
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