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Yesterday

An oppressive still has settled the morning. The gray water of the bay is as motionless as concrete. I would like to float from here but cannot find lift even on the breath of these words, they remain stuck on a page weighted with consequence. Yesterday, there were places where I could go, the wild and overgrown far corners of a backyard or high up in the branches of a tall tree in the unfenced freedom of a park at the end of the street. There I was unobserved beneath a sky that was endless and not bent into the lens of a microscope. Birds and newly minted dragonflies flew through the sunlit air lifted by psalms rising ballooned with meaning towards a “somewhere” not circumscribed by a name.

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Date: 8/30/2024 3:47:00 PM
Did you move to Chicago, Paul?! Every morning this week fits the description in your first paragraph. Can hardly lift one's feet from the floor into the air to take a step. Oppressive humidity! ~ Shufflin' A. Long
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Paul Willason
Date: 9/6/2024 6:44:00 AM
Wouldn't mind visiting Chicago...but scene is one taken from down under. Strangely, a day later, the Bay suffered galeforce winds...not uncommon in Melbourne in early spring. At least we don't have the humidity... Take care my friend...
Date: 8/29/2024 9:08:00 AM
Dear Paul, I could feel the stuckness and the release in your wonderful words. There are so many options of life and sometimes too many and we miss the true meaning and miracle of nature. Well Inked! - Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel
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Paul Willason
Date: 9/6/2024 6:34:00 AM
Hi Daniel, sincerely value your kind words and thoughtful observations. Sorry for the delay in reply, energy levels have been a bit depleted. Regards, Paul

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