Yea! I get the sofa!
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Yea! I get the sofa!
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Revisiting October 2012, the last time I got my wind back and took long walks through town.
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A glorious spring day in Ottawa! Out on the balcony with the cats this morning.
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death
corpse = decay = release of molecules
womb = birth = attracts molecules for processing
life
kjg 124pm 29 mar 2015
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the palms of my hands are sweaty
i’m riding into town
hosannah to the highest
i’m here to claim the crown
they hail me as messiah
but that’s not who i am
david is my bloodline
and i am just a man
but no one understands me
they want a daily cure
for whatever they think ails them
and makes them so cock-sure
that i can give them reason
to latch on to the lure
kjg 203pm 29 mar 2015
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Another from Balharrie Street, Ottawa…this time March I believe. And we had a fairly “mild” March in 1962.
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The first photo taken of me on Canadian soil, June 1958, Quebec City. I’m between my mother on the right, and an unidentified woman on the left. After that we went on to Montreal where we disembarked.
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My poem Prayer translated into Arabic. What a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much, Khaloud Al-Muttalibi.
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I try to emulate my cats:
when I’m nice to them
they show me affection;
if I weren’t
they would show me claws;
I’m always nice to them,
and they always show me affection.
Simplicity is the way to peace.
kjg 630am 18 mar 2015
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let’s all get stoned
dance on rubber bones
walk with crooked spoons
worship purple moons
let’s all get stoned
there’s nothing like the truth
corrupting all our youth
we like our hashish smooth
let’s all get stoned
rainbows not just monochrome
laughter softens bones
ha ha he he om
let’s all get stoned
let’s all get…zzzz
kjg 721pm 2015 (watching etalk — yuk)
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