Tagged: now

we wait all day for

we wait all day for
something to happen – in the
microcosm of

our backyard – life, death, and the
great escape, if only for now
.
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no one knows

no one knows
exactly
how long it takes
for one to get
settled, slipping
in and out
of
the present is
integral to thriving
.
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let’s let this be of

let’s let this be of
paramount importance, if
not later, then now
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: paramount

a smile can cross the

a smile can cross the
distance – between childhood and
adulthood, now and

then, reticence and parti-
cipation, strangers and friends
.
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between now and

between now and
soon, we will single
out a restaurant
worthy
of our weekend
appetites and not
promise to stop
window-shopping
as we walk home,
stuffed
and discovering
a whole new
dimension
to order envy
.
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once in awhile, here

once in awhile, here
meets there, then meets
now, it shouldn’t take
two measures of
courage to ask
for a dance
.
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perhaps months,

perhaps months,
years from now, these
days will become
foggy, it’s how our
minds insist on
playing games with
our hearts – now you see
me, now you don’t

we have no choice as
witnesses, obligated
to make out every
fine detail in the
heightened haze
.
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being present takes

being present takes
practice –
it’s not so much
about catching
milliseconds
as they pass,
but allowing
them to slip
right through,
unhooked
by this, that,
and the other
.
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time is of little

time is of little
consequence to pandora’s
box – between now and

later, we can practice control,
but it’s all a deferment
.
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the past often curls

the past often curls
along otherwise
imperceptible edges –
come closer, here
is where we used
to be, and now
here, now
here
.
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