softly

below the window-sill

birds land

pecking at scratch

laying bare the soul of the grey stone

exposed beneath the trees

in which they shape their nests

artist's sketch

to rest from work

and laborers rest

between their play

watching both another day

another day

of rest from play

*Reflections of Alan Jones:

  -Truth and fact are different from each other yet intimately connected.

  -...we need the poetic imagination to tell the whole truth.

  -Religion tends to be abused for political, ethnic, or personal advantage, so that "truth" becomes a weapon to do harm in the name of righteousness.

  -Money is a vaccination against one of the most virulent diseases of the soul:boredom.