weekend

ah little weblog
safe space to speak
from my happy soapbox

thursday was a wild ride
a land of faeries
and endless illumination

friday I sank deeply
into a twitch-healing body-time
and profound wisdom funneling through

today nearly absolute
mellowness
participating in a music festival

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on thursday
I realized many things
in a general sense

the importance of birdsong
needs as a useful framework
empty vessel service

blogs to chase the images
of sun and shadow
reflecting off of wings

and fragrant
honeysuckle

dancing

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on friday
suffering through a tough day
with the elder

ah, to drop then into release work
every ache moving through
remembering to breathe

and just breathing a while

until in my stillness
ancient memories began to stir

a time before money
and the long-reaching shadow

being human

and sleeping
found a spark of lucidity
in my dreaming

and waking
found centipede medicine
shy cooperative sweet

quite misunderstood

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today I agreed to rent
the basement in albuquerque

performed with
a suddenly cast ensemble
led by a deaf man

supported by a lovely young woman
I had the privilege to play with

lost rhythms harmony askew
nothing much left to do
but play something already
and remain free of suffering

sandwiched by two
of the most memorable sets of music
I've heard

round mountain sweetness
and driving fast heart mart
from the hood

it was a fine
fine way
to spend a day

how strange to see this
weekend
end