DEEPENING THE SHALLOW

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JOURNAL # 41

tall barn door closing
watch me seed the air
these strange words
came to me
just last night
while dozing
like a fast flowing river
of some word barge bare
tourist trendy
perhaps
invocative of Fendi
emptiness feeds off
the pocketbooks
of the shallowly seeking
and or rich
joy harvests itself finest
so gregariously from within
not from keeping up appearances
and feigning to be
someone you are not
living up to an image
of such questionable
delusion
a true liver of life
is happy at any stage
not just while climbing
to the very top
feeding his ego the
whole way
only to arrive
to live in a bubble of
something that is far
removed from what is real
and intuitively important
hurting people interfacing
with other hurting people
energizing those they encounter
through their own example
of being
loving, and losing
and rejoining the ranks
of a life well populated
with diverse experiences
that the soul
desperately needs
these are the people
everyone even if
unknowingly
longs to meet.................
(July 9, 2011 528pm)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

the shocking surprise one gets more and more when you see on television and even at times in people you know personally of just how truly shallow many demonstrate themselves to truly be. I never get over this.

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