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Recorded Reading (1:30): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rchowrp7vm3uyv76qbts7/Humble-Footsteps.m4a?rlkey=umqffom3zj1us0jmtkj78ozmr&dl=0

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Humble Footsteps

In awe we seekers watch the Master walk
From our more relatively humble place
Poetic souls among us love to talk
Of its serenity and of its grace

Tranquilly do his robes around him fall
A testament to holy dignity
How very much alike him do we all
Passionately desire someday to be!

Observe the concentration in his face
Directing all attention inwardly
As smoothly forward he continues pace
How imperturbable he seems to be

That little smile as he perambulates
Cause me to suspect him has begun
Of knowing the illusion he creates
By progress act’ually painstaking won

That what appears as sure security
Of understanding from the very start
In fact a thousand small adjustments be
According to instructions learned by heart

From unrelenting inner listening
In the most abject of humility
For each instruction meditation bring
Between bend of one, then the other knee

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Homeless until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ this poet presently lives under perpetual threat of towing with all possessions should her 23-year-old van stop running for any reason.

She is badly in need of a modest reserve with which to field any emergency which might occur.

Donors may visit http://www.UgiftABLE.com , using code #72D-31S. It does take several days for the poet to be notified of your patronage.

Thank you for reading, and may your holidays be happy ones.

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