in-between koi

I am learning to love
    muddy water,
the murky religion
under the floating dead
    leaves and in-between koi.
I eat nameless seeds,
    tart purple off the lolling branches,
and let the sun sting my eyes;
fear displaced by trust.
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time to get a bigger apartment...

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Two mandolins, two banjos, two acoustic guitars, a solid body electric guitar, a hollow-body electric guitar, a fiddle, a trombone, two trumpets, a clarinet, a keyboard, an acoustic instrument amplifier, a tube guitar amplifier, several harmonicas, a frame drum, and a penny whistle. Plus the condenser mic my Dad got me. Scary part is that I actually play all of them, at the expense of my social life...

My friend Mel made a really funny and appropriate comment the other day, "Another family torn apart by one man's quest for tone."
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Dylan in church

I had the great privilege of leading music in church this evening (my church meets Sunday nights in an old theater). I took the opportunity to fulfill a dream of mine and play Bob Dylan's Ring Them Bells in full rock and roll fashion (lyrics here). It was a great spiritual moment for me, thank you to Anna, Bethany, Aaron, and especially Mike for the opportunity.

Next time,
Every Grain of Sand...
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tv words

!watch! oh holy!
!screen! he!who!
!provides!! our!
!mostloved drug!

oh, you brittle words
shattered on my love.
each shard longs and... waits
to be picked up
and made a joy sent tumbling
for eternity.
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