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:- Doug.

All rumors to the contrary, humans have a limit to their imaginations. Why else would movie studios buy rights to books? Their screenwriters would have stories ever-flowing. We have apparently only a certain amount of imagination which requires a good intake of nourishment. The rest of our minds are as boring as a deepening rut in the mud. Call it the Constant of Imagination. Too much or two little and we get in trouble.

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 2282

When
you feel that little nettlesome
ruffle in the back of your craw
when you find the satisfaction
of spontaneous hugs from
your grandchildren within play
when you just can’t get through
to your beloved about taking that trip
when life is now is life
is grit is gristle is grind
is grand
now is when
the ineffable makes song
this shared talking
whatever it is
is life
is when
and why and plenum and life’s
workshop

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 2280

Wrestling by my writing
Those learned and trained and tired ways
Mechanical dull footed lists and recitals
And pressed imagination
What lives beyond and fills the cool air
Can give us life
Give us us

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This is a work of wandering, telling ourselves to stay curious.

:- Doug.