FLIGHT

had an afternoon cup of coffee yesterday
a latte at yusif's cafe on yale

who by the way is having regular live music
tuesday through friday evenings

been living so clean lately
it kicked in some nice endorphins

suddenly my thinking was reconnected to my body
all the more evident after two days otherwise

as an interesting thought brought pleasure
rather than paradoxical emptiness

and i realized there is a profound connection
between psychological unease
addictive behavior
trauma

and endorphin-flow

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walking home i laughed out loud
with the first moment of delight in two days

as i stopped at the largest evergreen tree on the block
to observe about 500 blackbirds gathered there

upon which they took to flight above me
in a massive explosion of fluttering wings

to hurriedly circle over silver avenue
and return to the evergreen

and saw as i walked on
their being joined

by a hundred more