Trilogy
[October 15]
Seated bedside at
my father's corpse -
with whom to philosophize?
[Las Cruces]
Red deep in purple
sky fire illuminates
last rites at sunset
[July 26]
Death weeps in despair
eternal battle futile
desert rose blossoms
poem by Frank Russell
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Notes At The Arkansas
River as persistent
as the enduring thrust
for self-preservation -
Carving by currents
and flowing within
a necessary course
Determined
by ancient
inherent law.
Oblivious to danger
and ignorant of doubt
it is perpetually unconcerned -
The river carelessly
generous
without discrimination -
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