BACK FROM AN ABYSS
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Three more days and I’m free,
From chajns that had hold of me…
God wiped out claims
On several games
I’ll bend my knee to Him, only!
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The abyss in question: Ebay…
With regret for the people betrayed…
Too easy to fall
And spend it all,
My God loves me though He’s dismayed.
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For the sake of a good life tasted,
So much money’s been wasted…
Big debts unpaid
The addict laid
Himself and family debt-pasted.
–Jonathan Caswell
A SIMIAN SAM
Most of you know my “success”
Is writing about self, more-or-less…
No one else can tell
What I do as well,
All part of the writing process.
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That gate house temporary position
Was not so much imposition….
As discovery
Mission for me,
Familiar, yet a change in position.
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From inside, the window’s a mirror,
Darkening things queerer…
My head profile
Didn’t make me smile,
The resemblance was not a “cheerer”.
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That profile reminded me
Of orangutan or chimpanzee…
That shape of the head
Nobody’s said,
But obviously it was me!
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But I know my wife loves me,
And the Lord does with certainty…
No one has said
That I’ve ever heard,
“He looks like a chimpanzee!”
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‘Though some have treated me “special”
And others show little respect…
I’ve found a niche
To scratch an itch
In ways many people detect.
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Did the appearance of my true profile,
Trouble me for a long while?
Apparently not
‘Cause the love that I’ve got
Truly makes me and others smile! 🙂
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 