observations on a day of watching

i.

we're like dogs that bark

seeking attention

protecting nothing

ii.

like dogs gathered about a bitch in heat

teen boys pack about girls

sashaying past the school

iii.

a couple makes waves on the bank

as a ship sails by at slow pace

rhyming with their grace

iv.

women don't stand when they pee

their wrath does not sit when it flares

love swaying either way

v.

our bodies are ghosts

they frighten us

we cover and run

*Understand

under

a hint

at being

more

than I

can

imagine

there

I want to

stand

                                                  -Jerry Schroeder, Cap.

*Reflections of Alan Jones:

  -The deeper we get into the subject of truth-telling, the more complex it becomes.

  -If I want to know the truth about you, I have to rely on your revealing something of your inner self.

  -Remember, only love can be entrusted with the truth.

  -You have to go deeper than the facts if you want to know the truth of who I am, and swim in the deep waters of interpretation.  How we interpret each other will depend on the kind of language we speak and the inner dictionaries available to us. Who am I will be filtered through the grid of your hopes and fears.  Who you are will be subject to the same filtering.  It is not always pleasant, but there is no other way to fullness of life.

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