A LONG TIME AGO…?
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I greeted a Christian neighbor,
Who came to ask a favor…
“Christ is risen indeed”–
Her comment hit me–
Did she think all this poor vapor?
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Her comment was sad and slow,
“Yes, but a long tome ago…”
Tired perhaps,
Or a lapse
Of enthusiasm…I don’t know!
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–Jonathan Caswell
DEPRESSION DOGS HIM
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He’s bored, broken and burning,
Hot with ill-defined yearning…
The computer dogs
Wherever he logs,
Losing room for turning.
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Keeps going back to a trough,
And wearily hears…”HANDS OFF…”
Stops when noticed
Ignoring the closest
All live persons he puts off.
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The plan–pull back and regroup–
Get his mind out of the soup…
His last poetry
Of the night, you’ll see,
He’s not an unthinking dupe.
–Jonathan Caswell
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