lenten journal

lenten journal: weather report

Milton Brasher-Cunningham

12 Mar 2018 — 1 min read

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weather report

sometimes I learn things
from my experience
tonight I carried
in the wood so it
would be dry enough
to burn if the heat
goes out in the storm

I bought the wood after
the last nor’easter
buried our log pile
under a foot of snow
it is still buried
sometimes I learn things
from my experience

there is a stack of things
buried under the
days gone by that could
question any claim
I might make to
enlightenment—so I’ll say
sometimes I learn things

Peace,
Milton

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