Monday, January 2, 2023

15,901. HASTEN MY HAND TO SOMETHING NEW

HASTEN MY HAND TO 
SOMETHING NEW
Now that I've pledged my allegiance to this
goldmine of the living world, I - like Atlas - 
can claim I will hold up the world? I doubt 
that again, and again. Don't let my flags
unfurl : I am not a kingly warrior and
will stand, really, for nothing at all.
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I look out across the Main Street alley  
Honesdale, PA-  there's a '49 Dodge 
parked there; an old stinker from 
Brooklyn with old New York plates;
the guy said he drove here last  Summer 
and just parked it  -  an  eye-catcher for 
his little store. He and his wife have a little 
jumble-shop of used goods and clothing. 
Seems now like it's closed up, with a lot 
of funny stuff for free on a rack out front. 
New Year's Resolution? House-cleaning
for them.
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Ahem, and oh well. That's the way it goes.
To tell the truth, it's not really how it goes
at all. It goes however it   and we've got
no control. So, give me that flag again.
I wish to plant it on my hill

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