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Has That Good Idea

Has that good ideaWorked its way throughYour soul yet?

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Ever the Richer

Modern man,Ever the richerIn technologyAnd convenience,Has yet foundNo way toAutomate eitherThe maturationOf his soulHis love forHis fellow man.

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What a Man Cannot See

There is no limitTo what a man cannot seeWhen he has got his eyes shut

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What Did Anybody

What did anybody ever gainBy being rash,Except what might have beenGained as well by mere and fortunate accident?

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Little Jack Sat

Little Jack sat in that happy little green boatAnd stared into the murky water—Cane pole in hand,And dear GranddaddyIn the seat behind me—And I fixated,As he had told me to,On that orange foam bobberFloating half out of the water.And I … Continue reading

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An Hour is Nothing

When I was a child,An hour seemed an eternity. But now, in my mature years,An hour is nothing,And the day is the new hour,And the week, the new day,And so forth. And while I do frequently regret the change,And find … Continue reading

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Satan Himself

Could Satan himself—In all his shining-dark craftiness—Have devised a plot so sinisterAs releasing a software withoutAdequate support,Or a service withoutAdequate description?

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Bits and Pieces

Great learning seems to beMade of three things—Each harder than the one before. The first is in gatheringThe bits and pieces of factThat anyone can collectAlong the way though life.

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The Lie and the Error

The lie and the errorCan be hard to distinguish—Particularly in their effects. Funny that the latter is Universally consideredTo be the lesser of the two—Both as a sin and as a threat—Though, it seems, It hurts us more often.

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The Great Backlog of Necessity

The great backlog of necessity hasRecently become my master—As I might have reasoned it mustBack when I was doing the procrastinatingThat set this present coup into motion. —

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