February: Year-day 47

       
                                         
                                        
February: Year-day 47

Whippets.  Dogs of war.  Flashes of delight.
Tricks of the mind.  Deceptions of the heart.
The charged astrophysicist's starry art.
The quickness of the swimmer, lean and bright.

Arrows of exertion.  Missiles.  A night
for the making of deserts.  The wrong part.
Bean soup floating a world of termites.  Start
today tomorrow.  Be kind to your sight.

If apple blossoms give peach blossoms fits,
perhaps the cherries will tear out their pits
and the oranges burst into umbrellas
and somewhere in a pineapple preserve
a banana with a kingdom of nerve
will detonate, you lucky gals and fellas.

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[ Since today is 2006's Thanksgiving Day,
  this prayer interlude:
  Lord Jesus,
  through each this moment along the way,
  thank You for Your gifts today. ]

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