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The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle.


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Outside the open window The morning air is all awash with angels.

Outside the open window The morning air is all awash with angels.



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What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.



All that we do is touched with ocean, and yet we remain on the shore of what we know

All that we do is touched with ocean, and yet we remain on the shore of what we know



Teach me, like you, to drink creation whole/ And casting out myself, become a soul.

Teach me, like you, to drink creation whole/ And casting out myself, become a soul.



The eye is pleased when nature stoops to art.

The eye is pleased when nature stoops to art.



There is a poignancy in all things clear, In the stare of the deer, in the ring of a hammer in the morning. Seeing a bucket of perfectly lucid water We fall to imagining prodigious honesties.

There is a poignancy in all things clear, In the stare of the deer, in the ring of a hammer in the morning. Seeing a bucket of perfectly lucid water We fall to imagining prodigious honesties.



Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you.

Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you.



Whatever pains disease may bring Are but the tangy seasoning To Loves delicious fare.

Whatever pains disease may bring Are but the tangy seasoning To Loves delicious fare.



Writing is?waiting for the word that may not be there until next Tuesday.

Writing is?waiting for the word that may not be there until next Tuesday.



Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.

Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.





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