(Some Thoughts after reading the Obituary of Poet
Bernadette Mayer, WSJ, December 10, 2022, p. B14 )
We come in all sizes and flavors
pigtailed or well-coiffed, etc., etc.
Our nationalities are many
and to save our world
We simply have to recognize
that everyone needs to be seen
that everyone needs to be heard
that everyone needs some kind
of appreciation for who they are
for what they stand for
and hope to sort out
creativity from destructiveness
to share our thoughts and feelings
our gripes and delights
to open our ears and sights
to the possibilities of beauty
and ugliness in the nature of
our being and to capitalize
on the beauty, to minimize the ugly
and to hear what is there
as well as what is not there
and to love and love and love
which means connecting
and appreciating something
within the heart and soul
of each one of us
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