1 Gratitude #1 (1989-1993)

Resisting casual voodoo

The blessing of the bath toys

In the eagle’s censure

One more miracle to be propitiated

Of molten tin and liquid gold 

Alone on the playground

Marking the fortieth

Of the rare pinches of envy  

All is vanity

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2 Gratitude #2 (1993-1999)

But for the grace

Of karmic debt

The travails of line up duty

Of budding integrity

A birth at the Burami Oasis

Of stick figure happy faces

Of the mysterious sources of mercy

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3 Gratitude #3 (2000-2007)

A serendipitous appearance

Of a momentary peace

Of the day’s delights

Of masochistic joy

Yet another reprieve 

A promise at the zenith of spring

Uneasy deliverance

Deliverance from snapping jaws

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4 Gratitude #4 (2007-2017)

A miniscule lessening of karmic debt

An honourable man in the making

On the cusp of turning 60

Another lump of uneasy gratitude

A tip of the hat to ‘Time’ 

Of unburdening and restoring 

A bare escape

Muddling through

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5 Thoughts on a little companion, departed (2015)

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