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Monday, August 27, 2012

SMILE THERAPY 30



Smile Therapy 30

I am in smile therapy
when I stay late in
bed and listen to the
rain fall. 
It is that simple.

TJKG

Sunday, August 26, 2012

VIVE PRO HODIERNO



Vive Pro Hodierno

Yesterday,

cracked open,
broken bones find unearthly shapes—
viper words whip past your lips
landing like a
sledge hammer to cold hard steel—
the past
pounding relentlessly in my head.

Today,

vast night air cleanses—
passions’ emptiness
settles soot from calamity--
Held breath unchained
blends perfectly into peace.
And standing close
next to you, my temple;
I have found my religion.  
TJKG

Monday, August 20, 2012

SMILE THERAPY 29





Smile Therapy 29

I am in smile therapy
knowing I
question each of my
actions, and have
speakable and
sharable thoughts.
TJKG

Saturday, August 18, 2012

I LAUGH KNOWING I AM APPROACHING 50

  You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and  respect.  Buddha


I Laugh Knowing I Am Approaching 50

She looks like a woman I never met.
Her wiry hair forms phone-cord curls,
energized words fall like afghans
over pale shoulders seemingly
wrapped around a skim milk 
woman who fades away from her.
Coffee and bangles, a ladies’
mirage, a freckled smile
accompanies an over-produced world.
She clears, and I hear her say confidently,
“I laugh knowing
I would never do that.”

She would never do what?
              I ask myself and sip my cappuccino--
She would never say no to inconvenience
when she knows no means no.
Never say I am beautiful in a mortal world.
Never do what a man does, knowing she can--
as she constantly banters inequalities’ tired face.
Never find fury in the homeless heart,
as she feeds a pop-tart to her own off-spring.
Never find resolve in a voice worth hearing,
a voice screaming vulgarity in frozen hell.
Never realize you are worth more than the money
or the silent murderers who roam in the public eye.

I weep knowing I would never do that.

We met in the day the way
siblings pass in the hallway.
A sea-shell night-light glows,
the bathroom door closes,
and like lovers lost
in the journey of time.
A quiet rehearse,
a tender  questioning,
a reproach of togetherness,
two strangers focus on daily coffee.
And a phone rings, unearthly sounds
tares our cafĂ© bubble.  
We stoically breathe, hoping
we will never laugh at our freedom.
TJKG

Monday, August 13, 2012

SMILE THERAPY 28


Smile Therapy 28

I am in smile therapy when
I ride my new
vintage Suburban Schwinn
at the beach and
at the perfect time, I witness
a father and his baby daughter
exchanging a lovingly beautiful smile--
pure, innocent love combined in
our five second connection.

My heart swelled and 
melted at the same time.
A memory
burned inside of me like the sunrise.
TJKG

Friday, August 10, 2012

OZ IN US.



Oz In Us

I love the
ruby slippers
you gave me.
I just love them.
And for those
unworn shoes,
(which fit my feet
perfectly)
your legs
deserve my hands
to push the
fluid from the
swollen home
of your ankles.
TJKG
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Monday, August 6, 2012

SMILE THERAPY 27




Smile Therapy 27

I am in smile therapy  when
I read this quote from the
Dalai Lama--
"Know the rules well, 
so you can break them effectively."
Seriously....I am smiling!
TJKG