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Spirit Dosha

Conversations are mostly friendly Vacate my mind Inhale passing clouds Avoid taxes and the police Trouble with me is ~ The envelope arrives like a meteor Foreign, inalienable & free Fatal attractions devour my obsessions Raw honey is good for you Accelerator gets stuck to the floor Flies buzzing everywhere Newscasts parrot the script... "The innocent man was pushed on to the tracks Heroes jumped in to save him more news at 10" 1/9/23 12:47am

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Ian D. Campbell

Date: 2/5/2023 5:05:00 AM

cryptic, yet transparent was my experience. Eloquently written. Terrifying, yet heroes saved him on the end. I'm learning sometimes we need to be our own heroes and get off the tracks by the power given to us by The One. Thanks for the great read. Ian.

James Marshall Goff
Date: 2/5/2023 11:02:00 AM

Great feedback Ian! yes, you got it on every...front!

Harry Horsman

Date: 1/24/2023 12:50:00 AM

You need to behave, Jimbo. yet makes for excellent poetry.

James Marshall Goff
Date: 2/5/2023 11:05:00 AM

Oh my friend Harry, and Happy Birthday! you read my rattles for so many yrs, you know I give myself on this site, the only poetry site I've ever wanted to be part of for 13 yrs... I've lived for sure... thanks for stoppin' by!

Joe Maverick

Date: 1/23/2023 11:52:00 AM

Yet just who set the tracks Jimbo.? Just who.?

Timothy Ray

Date: 1/13/2023 11:39:00 AM

a day in the life wandering boulevards and neuropathways at a random consumption looking for a desirable destination, meandering thru the equation, what is the half-life of eternity.....i understand this well, something that corrupts or maligns....the path i should be walking

Timothy Ray
Date: 2/17/2023 5:15:00 PM

came back to read again....and glad i did

James Marshall Goff
Date: 1/13/2023 12:49:00 PM

So true Timothy, this is a deadly-accurate bio poem, glad you caught it, "half-thoughts" rule my everyday...best when I let go & let God

Sally Eslinger

Date: 1/10/2023 10:29:00 PM

Well, JMG, My first read of your work.joe & i are close, but i’m not sure what he was saying here. I read this more than once with same reaponse. I felt like a spirit, right at your side, in the smack & flow of a whatever day, all sort of noted in passing, getting thru, going on, vivid enough, insects more alive than people. A mind understandably happier in the sky. ?? This is a gritty, authentic seeing and speaking. A 30- min, video wouldnt have said more, & way less masterful. xosally

James Marshall Goff
Date: 1/11/2023 1:28:00 AM

I think you helped me understand my words better, Sally, not uncommon with my scribbles!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/9/2023 10:06:00 AM

Not something I totally get but the last part really resonates with me. Cool vibe

James Marshall Goff
Date: 1/9/2023 10:26:00 AM

Understandable Andrea! That's exactly all I was trying to accomplish! ...subconscious allegories, line by line, narrate a moral, political & spiritual struggle (spoiler-alert) ultimately won with intervention by the Holy Spirit (I'm Irish Catholic)

Joe Dimino

Date: 1/8/2023 7:40:00 PM

It is an onslaught of information, not all pleasant~ and a lot antithetical, injurious to a healthy spirit. Sometimes taking one away from self-comforting centers, realization often a bit late to prevent painful suffering. Interesting read to say the least. Certain I have only touched the surface of understanding. Well done.

James Marshall Goff
Date: 1/8/2023 8:25:00 PM

Yes,yes & yes Joe....time is short, but the spirit abides...

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/8/2023 6:31:00 AM

Interesting lines penned. Makes a person think. Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara

James Marshall Goff
Date: 1/8/2023 9:10:00 AM

Thanks Sara!