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My Soul Turns Into A Tree

Posted on Dec 20th, 2007 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

"My soul turns into a tree, And an animal, and a cloud bank. Then changed and odd it comes home And asks me the questions.  What should I reply?" ~Hermann Hesse      She's been telling him... More »

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Neshamah (my soul)

Posted on Jun 9th, 2007 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

It is the scent of my own neshamah: Thai tea, that one tree, the subtle smoke, your hair.   It is the smell of my own perfection to be that draws me in and makes me weak.  It is... More »

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Pink Ladies

Posted on Feb 12th, 2007 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

On the window sill sits a sapling - it might be a pink lady, it came from one's core - sprouting green from where no light reaches. Less than a year ago I found it... More »

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crack

Posted on Nov 19th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

my house vibrates with His name upstairs and down entering all ears but one now to penetrate that one self His name from all directions but it is that one call the one that swims hardest cracking... More »

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A Work In Progress

Posted on Aug 17th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

In the restaurant, verde sauce, cold shredded cheese that she pretends is warm and stringing long from her fork. She loves it when it does that. August afternoon sun through the window and the sudden... More »

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breaking of ranks

Posted on May 29th, 2006 by Metta : metaphorical longshoreman Metta

Say to me that which has not been said or written about in failing words. How many ways can we say that night turns to dawn or that the sleeper will awaken? Tell me that which... More »

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