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A Thought for Today

Duty is the stuff of man's existence.

 

Rod and Ken are both out of action following a computer virus attack. We'll be back as soon as we can.

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Rod's random thoughts If creativity wasn't such a solitary thing, we'd have more Galileo's.

It's a pity that brains take second place to will.

The smart tree bends with the wind.

IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

Bless the children first,
for they need help
just to get them safely
down the block.
With all the mazes
that we make for them
(like teaching them to hate
before they learn to spell)
It is a wonder that they ever find
the door that opens out to adolescence.

Bless the animals
hat sniff the kitchen floor
and those that prowl the hills
Animals, like angels, need protection,
because we use them only
as a substitute for love -
the kind that other people promise us
while they steal our evenings
and before they sneak away.

                                - from "An Outstretched Hand," 1980

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Birthday research by Wade Alexander o Poetry from the collection of Jay Hagan o Coordinated by Melinda Smith
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