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Organic Poetry
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273. to Eve Anthony Hanninen, Abbotsford, BC – Still, a Heretic    Ilalqo, WA     2.23.09

 

                           Eve –

 

“To give / heat is within

  the control of / every human

  being.”  L. Neidecker

 

For   a   heretic   still

that   gift   heat   rises

from somewhere dirty

and  holy  and

 

here is the control we’ve

been seeking   heat

seeking missile  seeking

silk, say Amen.

 

                                                                                                        Blessings –  PAUL NELSON         

 

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274. to Betsy Aoki, Seattle, WA – Religion of Plum Blossoms

Ilalqo, WA     2.23.09

 

                           Betsy!

And the heat seeking missile

said “Amen”   and the  rev

olution  was on,  another

military heretic

 

seeking the religion of plum

blossoms  and ecstatic

experience.   Maybe platanos

on  a  Sunday  afternoon

or her & I naked in hunger

                                                                        moon light.

                  Blessings –  PAUL NELSON            

 

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275. to Marcia Arrieta, Pasadena, CA – Heretic in Survival

Ilalqo, WA     2.23.09

 

                           Marcia –

 

Her & I naked in hunger

moonlight.  Here I start

a  fight  over  my  muscle

pull,  cats scatter.   Here

 

a heretic goes into

survival mode while the interior

life  gets  lost  for  a  few

centuries.  Pity Augustine

 

but bring me something

carnal.  Grahhr!

 

                                                                                              Blessings – 

                                                                                                    PAUL NELSON         

 

 

 

 

 

2.23.09 - UNFAIR! say the cat's eyes - feather toy on the other side of the spokes.