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83 Awakening the Stars Some days appear premature, Arriving before their due date, Like they mistakenly dropped off the calendar Before God had finished with them. Some days are so black It’s like they were born Before God fashioned the sun And commanded it to light up the earth. Such days ignore the light And stubbornly go on To their ill ends. But even in the essence of the dark When light rays seem too big To penetrate the pores of darkness, God is present in that sad day, Another of His creations. In the night of that darkness They who look carefully Will be sure to see God’s hand Holding up the stars, Preventing them from falling off To be buried in the earth’s core. 84 29/11/08 Sit To Stand Day and it flies over earth A straw on its beak To supplement brother’s efforts At building a nest for the young. Noon and it pecks on crumbs Singing between meals. Night and it perches on a branch. I see it and I desire it: The peace of a bird. Claiming its share of the road, It emerges to play with friend, Dines on an old bone, And naps on the lawn. I see it in the dog: Its freedom and simplicity; And I want it. They file in from wonderland Bearing parcels; Anything but worries they be, Surely rations for the inactive. ...

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