An Answer To
My Problems
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CUT
MORE
WOOD
Turn Around
You can live in fear
that’s all there seems to be
newspaper to television screen
even people’s faces on the street
stop your car by the side of the road
get out and walk into the field
sit there, be there, your back to the road
everyone will think you are crazy
you are crazy
now that that is settled
sit there until the field takes you
then the trees
False Idols
we brought apples on the trip
and never ate the apples on the trip
nothing like an apple
Buddy
Tonight while sitting on the
can
the little kitten we saved from
starving and freezing to death
is a month now with us
and 12 weeks old
and as I sat there he crawled
without hesitation into my
pulled down pants
a little pocket of
kitten, and no one but no one
would think of doing this
but him
The Sort Of World I Like
I’m on the roof today cleaning the chimney
Without a sound a bicyclist floats by on the
Dirt road along the river and spots me and
Shouts, “Your house looks great!”
I’ve never seen her before
I look twice to make sure I haven’t
Nope
Don’t know her
But she’s happy
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Bob Arnold
Heaven Lake
Longhouse 2018
