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Introduction to a Book of Poems
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Not by a monkey chained to a typewriter,
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but these poems have been written before,
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these moments experienced by many,
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old thoughts strung together,
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thread through the center
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by some loose string of existence.
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So anchor one end tight to your spine
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while I pull it taut
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with these small stretches of words.
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Watch and feel
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as the moments around you
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lift up together as if beads on a necklace,
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their gentle weight pressing against your chest
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like an open book you hold against yourself
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as you pause to reflect over what you’ve just read.
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08/21/08

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