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Quintessensual
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What great mind
gave us so generously
the absurdity
that quote the holidays close quote
is a period
around the time a young alleged virgin
was denied room at a homeless shelter
and instead gave birth to god
in a barn
on the night nearly the longest and coldest
every year?
Thanks, great mind,
for such beneficence,
the quote holidays close quote
is the ultimate sugar-coating
of hard truth,
to seduce us
to chip another tooth
for the cheerful pain
that brings.
Great mind,
it must be
you were
a weight-loss guru,
retailer of diamonds,
perfume,
whiskey,
or intimate underwear,
or a resident down under
perversely looking up.
Oh, great Mind,
the dupery
of the name you coined
is too profane and greedy,
to hide all sacred
and blasphlaming
goodies,
shining moments
in the dark and gloom,
holier
in their rarity
and sometimes brilliantly
more intense,
more enduring,
or more profound.
great mind,
do what you will;
but we,
anticipating,
and without knowing
the sun will strike
any moment,
stumble trembling
into the next chapters
of our lives.
Copr. 1999
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