existential neo-theo-philosophist

man of many talents and none of them practical or useful all posted content is mine

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deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?      Does it dry up      like a raisin in the sun?      Or fester like a sore—      And then run?      Does it stink like rotten meat?      Or crust and sugar over—      like a syrupy sweet?      Maybe it just sags      like a heavy load.Or does it explode? in elementary school, “Harlem” by Langston Hughes was my favorite poem. i didn’t know what it meant, but…

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San Francisco, California.

Circa 1962.

[mushfae]

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drunken sweetness

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here

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grown up

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down the aisle

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conversations withdrawn

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walking

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a semblance of lost intimacy

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melancholy skies

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always a student, sometimes a teacher

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walks to class are so bright

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my car

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umn campus

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advental eucharist

I took part in the Eucharist this morning.

Me and my mom, we were joining an online service in the practice of taking communion with our glasses of grape juice and rice crackers.

I’ve been thinking about this ancient practice for the past few months. The Church once centered their meetings around this drama of remembrance (the Catholic and Orthodox churches still keep this ritual at the…

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home

there is

nothing

in this world

but suffering

suffering is

death

is pain

is life

is birth

and rebirth

suffering is

being alive 

being

transformed

again and 

again 

i can’t bear it •

eternity is

a distant hope

after life

after suffering

peace of work

ease of El •

but 

eternity 

dances in

my heart

eternity 

is here

is in

me

home

is where

my heart is

my heart is

breaking

shattering 

reforming

transforming

because home

is where ‘I AM’