Goffle Brook July 6, 2018

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counting birthdays

We have counted birthdays enough to know

Not to count on the remainder whatever that may be

Leaving us uncertain but without a doubt about each other

As we embrace today sharing our life together.

As the midsummer heat arrives and settles in to stay

The sunny days deliver memories of childhood to you

As the people in your life then join us for a moment

As I listen to you and imagine what it was like being there.

Soon we will revisit summers past going to our favorite places

Traveling in July to hike the Pacific Northwest coastline

Walking the Atlantic tidal flats of Cape Cod Bay in August

Doing a September bike ride through the Catskills wildflowers.

We have our everyday quiet pleasures relaxing and reading

Being mindful of the natural world changing around us

The ebb and flow of the days and years passing through

The twists and turns of this life that brought us together.

I think of those who are work weary longing for any respite

Not forgetting their life we knew so well some years ago

There but for fortune... and so many reasons why…

Would that everyone could enjoy the happiness we have now.

The suffering of so many that we see all around us

The cruelty of the consequences of capitalism

Etched in the faces of good people disrespected and in need

Weighs on our thoughts and on every one of us who cares.

I wish that we might live long enough to see socialism prevail

I wish that making life on earth better were the top priority

I hope that human ingenuity will be brought to bear in time

To save the world from the devastation wreaked by profit taking.

Outside July 5, 2018

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Celery Farm July 1, 2018

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