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Nightime Revelations

After  a day of mixed hopes and disappointments 
I lay down upon my old mattress
and watch 
    the television station where thy play new age music
    and offer poignant quotes
      sometimes they have Zen koans 
Tonight I saw words
     from Allan Watts 
         and Yoko Ono 
   there is nothing wrong with being a New Age person 
   Beautiful images on this channel 
    I just viewed clouds around a mountainside
           Then a quote from Helen Keller - that remarkable woman 
I will drift off into a pleasant sleep 
   as I keep the channel on 
Enough of horrific news 
   I's find peace and wisdom 
here in my home in New York's Lower East Side

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 6/15/2016 4:43:00 PM
Thanks for sharing your poem........excellent write........A.M.
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Date: 6/14/2016 3:24:00 PM
I don't watch those kinds of stations but you are such a metropolitan person, Matt. What a cool life you lead there in NYC.
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Date: 6/14/2016 12:15:00 PM
Wonderful encapsulation of working city life, Matthew! Some of our most inspiring thoughts come as nighttime revelations...
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