Clean is slick
Or soft
Or squeaky.
No matter its texture
Its smell is itself.
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Of life
From its beginning,
Consigned to forever
The ubiquitous soul
Knows it all.
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Every moment
Is of the essence.
If not in the present
Then in the memory
And thus
In the gut.
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The hand I hold
That holds mine too
Isn't there to see
But it is warm.
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Life is not
For dreaming
In the pale
Warm sun,
It is doing
Living
While the clock ticks -
Time's run.
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"Assessment"
Now I'm taking
Two steps forward
And only one step back.
That's a great improvement!
Much better
Than three steps back
Per Day.
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Dreaming is
For sleepers
Doing is
For reapers.
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The problem is
That I talk to myself,
But I don't listen.
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Become productive
Do not ask
"The reason why,"
Just "do,
Or die!"
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I had rather be
My own preacher
Than relegate
Chastisement
And exhortation
To someone else.
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Provide a time
For keeping in touch.
It means so much.
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My day is not yet done.
In fact,
I've just begun
To live it
And it is dusk.
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Yesterday
I found the A's
In the trees
Outside my window.
Big and small
And many,
They were
My wistful anxiety.
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Addie Williams
April 1983
