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If you think
Things are
The way they always were
Always will be
That is evidence
Those things are not working

:- Doug.

Does an artist retire?
Can an artist retire?

:- Doug.

I announce
you!
You are worthy to be announced!

:- Doug.

Humanity is a field
out beyond physical connection
billiard balls affecting scattering caroming
these billiard balls, when they kiss, stay

:- Doug.

Caterpillar in a chrysalis
Fully engaged
Without effort

:- Doug.

Butterflies are able
in thinner air
we are capable
of rarer conversation

:- Doug.

I will not seek something higher
to remember
I will seek something higher
to hear

:- Doug.

To gather butterflies
is to travel through
metamorphosis

:- Doug.

And the butterfly
And the rose
Are one

:- Doug.

What conversations bring Daddy alive?

:- Doug.

What is the why of conversation?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1405

What kind of dreams would you, Dreamer, dream if the world would dream your dreams?

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The conversational continuum
It
Thou
Us
Poetry
Whole-making

:- Doug.

Close though miles apart
Power in a voice dropped to a whisper
How much or little you lean in toward me
Proximity Intensity and Incline
Forces by which we humans know
One another’s presence

:- Doug.

The milieu of humanity
The winds we start
Surge, push, wash over us

:- Doug.

Proximity, intensity, and slope
We are touched by forces
Without wires between
Humanity

:- Doug.

If you are giving to others, you are wealthy.

:- Doug.

For what you love
Responsibility
As an act of service
Is an act of love

:- Doug.

For whom you love
Take responsibility
Child for parent
Parent for child
For love
It’s what we do
It’s who we are

:- Doug.

More than the sum
of its parts
a human is
a family
a community

:- Doug.

Butterflies in the practice of elder caring law? Gather the parents, gather the children, find the flowers, do what we can. We ought find and nurture the good stuff, the life we are still living. Together.

:- Doug.

To be in poverty means to provide at most enough for your immediate family. To move out of poverty means to produce for others as well.

:- Doug.

Where are all the butterflies gone
In elder caring?

:- Doug.