(Another one from Mr. Graves...because Lynn and I were talking about the "P" word... and with a photo [for phoets?] because lucking into the fatherhood of this little girl is the closest I figure I'll ever get to achieving it and yes.....it is more than enough. )“Though, of course, a perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. ” —-Robert Graves
A Prayer Like Gravity
Mundus vult decipi
A Prayer Like Gravity 
Beautiful picture of an amazing little girl. 🙂
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🙂
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Or as Marx would have said: the end of history. Nice photo.
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Thanks J–
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It seems to me that a perfect poem would restore the balance of the world.
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I tend to think that perfection is an illusion and an impossibility
hence the perfect poem is impossible.
or
perhaps if there a perfect poem were possible,
then there would be no need for all these imperfect ones that we feel so driven to write
or
perhaps if such a thing were
to happen somehow it would not mean
only the end of the world
but the beginning of the next
which amounts to the same thing
as the mending of this one
or
perhaps, each of our little imperfections
(our impoefections?)
are little stitches in the healing of the world,
though to be true i have a hard time seeing them as much more than
bandaids for cancer
but
they are a better balm
than the bottle
or the bobbin
or the boob-toob
or…..
they are the best that I have.
(trying not to sound morose…and
perhaps…
not doing a very good job of it.)
Much love and thanks for the food for thought.
You got me thinkin’ and spinnin’ again.
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And here you’ve written yet another perfect poem, poured it out of your heart for the world. Thanks.
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Aw shucks.
Tanks.
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Yer velcum. 😉
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A perfect photo, and a perfect quote.
And, there are some almost perfect poems … and some poems that seem pretty gosh darn perfect … but, I’m not ready for the world to end quite yet … so, I can live without the perfect poem for a while. 🙂
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As can I John, but I suppose it must be written at some point……. 😉
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Lovely golden picture of her, with the quote, so poignant.
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Thank you–always fun when a color-blind guy does split-toning.
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