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January 5, 2010

Mr. Gobley: Seeking the Divine in the Mundane -- and Celebrating It

Still

Tonight as i lay in bed
i heard life going by

ghost train of memories
panes of light in parallax
in the mind's shuttered eye

lost love
the arc of a home run
in a softball game

fumbling for car keys
on a winter night

smells:
the Adirondacks
barbecue
the diaper pail

and suddenly:
the heaviness

pinned to the earth
as the comet of memory
whispered by

i saw that we exist
for the briefest
of eternities

and are gone
in a flash
that does not end

-- Mr. Gobley

Posted by Vanderleun at January 5, 2010 7:39 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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