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Let Us Now Praise

Let us now praise the donut that is glazed Its existence surely a quantum leap Pastry evolution crawled at a creep The shape, the hole, we were not yet amazed  Icing ideas unthought never fazed   Divine inspiration  – baker asleep A sweet syrup dream to taste is to weep Let us now worship with coffee...

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Our First Gods

They were our first Gods     With secret shame they breathed us          Into a world of water sky               Cain and Abel sacrifice                    Celebrated and disparaged They were our first Gods     Prayers not meant to free...

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Thou Shalt Dance

Thou Shalt Dance I walked a bridge – never meant to crossI couldn’t see that it would be any loss Climbed over the rail, the end of my arcReady to sail…then a voice from the dark  “Really?” I wanted no witness, I hadn’t foreseen thisNone of his business, an inconvenience  I did not move yet I longed...

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My Brother was a Nazi

Jack Yufe 1933-2015 What could the odds be? How could it be true? One brother a Nazi, the other a Jew? But that’s not even half of the tale of these kin: Oscar and Jack were identical twins Divorce brought diversity that most children lack,    Oskar in Germany, Trinidad for Jack Jack was Jewish...

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Social Ease 1997-2015

Social Ease 1997-2015 You were always there for me You never let me guess I wasn’t always fair, you see I used you to impress Beautiful, bright, reliable as the kick that is champagne My social life was viable you made me witty and urbane I recall when you departed: in the middle of a...

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Hate RIP Zero-2015

Hate – RIP –  Zero to 2015 Remember when we thought the world was ending? Scores lay dead in Beirut and Paris We thought the wound was beyond our mending and no longer could we bear this We watched in cafes and kitchens, saying nothing new We wept, raged as wisdom walked away from view...

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