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Newly Born Fishes
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Mothering And Fathering
EVER WELCOMING
The blue sky welcomes
expanding green tree lace
The sea greets
all arriving rivers
The river accepts
newly born fishes
There are infinite chambers
in the mansions of Abba
(to my beloved K with
whom I had a wondreful
river ride)
A CUCUMBER UNENCUMBERED
Mother vine feels
unencumbered
by her myriad
cucumbers.
And the tree of
apple is
unencumbered in
alchemizing her
fruitgifts umber..
They let their
babies
unperturbed
slumber.
MOTHER DROMEDARY
The camel carries
his own water
and for babes Mother Dromedary
carries her own dairy
.. not for the human tots
of Londonderry
but only for little
dromedaries
Their own mothers' milk
and juice of fruit groves
are to humans provided
by God's treasure troves.
LOVE OF THE RIVER
In the city's banks
are wills
containing parents'
projected love of
their children.
On the river's banks
are willows..
receivers and givers
of
the love of the river
ISHITARO'S MOTHER
(Issa, most kind monk,
married.. His wife
gave birth to a son
who died
and then to another child
Ishitaro who died of
suffocation tied
to his mother's back.)
Ishitaro.. you must
have been a high soul
of many lives..
that God would call
you back so quickly
as God stabbed
your mother's heart
RAVEN'S NEST
A raven's nest
said the nature show
was lined with deer fur
.. (perhaps left behind
on tree branches
or in snowy depressions..
beds abandoned..)
tangible symbol of
the blanket of
parents' love
Quoth the Raven..
We Love you
EVERMORE
UNIVERSAL NONVIOLENCE
To be aligned to Your
words of nonviolence
God cause all
preachers and gurus
and monks
that none harm a
weed or a chimp
or chipmunk
