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Austerity
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Simplicity,


Asceticism,


Self-denial,


Self-restraint…


 


Nothing owned,


No one to bone,


For past deeds we must atone,


For future fantasies we realize we are alone…


 


Austere ,


Severe,


Of some I do revere,


No one do I live near…


© ed ~ 12/30/05


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 Reviews of "Austerity"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on December 31, 2005
Simple but most thought-provoking, Ed. Thank you. Love and peace.

Regis

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on December 31, 2005
Isle

of

Edity!!

In

Simplicity

Brilliant!!

Happy

New

Year

Love Tinka

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on December 31, 2005
Alone? with Rufuz there and God's spirit hovering near
you are never truly alone! btw, the Lord drinks wine;-)

Be blessed in the New Year!

Love,
Eileen...ps I love storms, but never heard the likes of this one before. You wouldn't be asleep in fact your trailor would be gone!;-)

Reviewed by Rosemarie Skaine
Reviewed on December 31, 2005
Thoughtful. R

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on December 31, 2005
A man is an island. Oh, wait. No, that's not how it goes . . .

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on December 31, 2005
I'll ask my pal the Jersey Devil to stop by and visit you for a New Year Cocktail. 11:45 PM tonight sound good?!

And thanks for your wonderful friendship this past year, too, Pal!

PS Jersey likes bourbon - straight up.


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