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A Thanksgiving Dinner poem and the WDC Zoo

A Thanksgiving Day poetic sketch about a 4 year old (it needs some work). What animals are to be found in the WDC Zoo?. So the Jayhawks won? It was cold; I'm reading Komunyakaa's poems of Viet Nam and John Elder's insight on Japan. Homeless dumping.

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AUTUMN: 16 Qudrat (19 November)

'é a lua,  é a lua,  na quintana dos mortos'
♣    Federico García Lorca    ♣

MY THOUGHTS

Not many on-line this past weekend. Not many views of my blog like the past week-end. My thoughts are mostly blank. But I do need to thank charlesthec for a nice merit badge.

WEATHER

Saturday evening:

37º at Memorial Stadium and feeling no pain.
42º in Manhattan, Kansas and frosted.
40º in Missoula, Montana and Grizzly happy.
35º in Bozeman where the Bobcats are sulking.

It is warmer when you win than when you lose .

IMAGES

Dead bird in a nest; fragrance of chrysanthemum; golden calendula; green leaves on bushes and short trees that hug the warmth of the earth; 2 jets flying low; the calm brown litter of oak; purple verbena; pink geranium.

POULTRY

Thanksgiving dinner

         for Gary and Gary

Somewhere a four-year-old is laughing,
giggling at the great green glop
his mother says isn't broccoli.

But he knows it is and nudges it
to the edge of the plate, then grabs his milk,
and one last slice of turkey.

He chirps that he'll be very late
to meet his friends by the jungle gym,
excuses himself, then runs outside.

Life swings high and low at two p.m.
It teeter-totters,
a merry-go-round
of cries and laughter,
mirrored in his dad's proud eyes. [163.432]

I could really use some help on this before Wednesday ...

READING

Yusef Komunyakaa's Dien Cai Dau which is very moving poetry and Following the Brush which is an insightful and personal look into Japanese culture through the eyes of John Elder.

QUOTE

"With only your mother's name,
you've inherited the inchworm's
foot of earth. Dui boi.
I blow the dust off my hands
but it flies back in my face."

from "Dui Boi, Dust of Life" ~ Yusef Komunyakaa

MY LIFE

FOOTBALL:

Just trying to warm up. Froze at the game. Went longer than normal, started later than normal, and when the sun was behind a cloud? *shiver*

The largest crowd ever showed up. Over 51,000 and it was purple and red and blue and purple. Up in the cheap seats under the bell tower there were a lot of young students that didn't get into the game. Which means most of them were standing. Us older folks prefer to sit more of the time. It was the last home game so I sure was not going to miss it!

After halftime I got to sit on a bench I shared with a family from Hiawatha. They toughed it out until the outcome wasn't in doubt.

And the game? Seemed like no one wanted to win it at times. Fumbles and interceptions kept both offenses in a tizzy, but Cornish did run for 201 yards and the Jayhawks did win 39-20. Which was better than losing one they should've won which happened 5 times already this season. One last away game in the state of Misery. Tigers didn't do so well today.

The goalposts came down at the end of course and were thrown into Potter Lake. I think only one person went swimming, but who knows. A bit of antifreeze and some young guys feel no pain. Last year was more significant with key wins over Nebraska, Iowa State and Missouri. The goal post came down three times.

And it was alot warmer!

As for Party's party in Montana: Grizzlies 13 - Bobcats 10 in front of over 24,000 fans. Bet downtown Missoula is jamming.

COFFEEHOUSE:

Went to Henry's and had a nice conversation with Brooke, a cosmotology student who was reading a poetry
book that fell on her (a good a reason to buy a book as any other) and a copy of Dickenson she paid $6 for.

SUNDAY:

Went to the bell concert. Played with Hatsumi's dogs: Pom and Hina. Went to the library and read blogs and made comments. Got a call from my cousin Carol! But in general, not a very productive day. Komunyakaa's poems were depressing me and my situation is still dreary. Did write 3 poems though. I'm about 55 behind my goal. I can make that up or include my scenes for 'Ao Hanada', in which case I'm not so far behind.

BLOGVILLE

I have come to the conclusion that we are all a bunch of animals!

What are you? Go to: http://www.animalinyou.com/survey.asp

The WDC Zoo:

Insectivorous/Rodent:

Mole - Me , NS needs a new muse

Bat - dizzyduck (married to a wolf), Voxxylady , Startiara

Prairie dog - scarlett_o_h (or dog)

Bird:

Penguin - alfred booth, wanbli ska , Special Kay , schipperke (or maybe owl or bison; married to a bear)

**special note** Penguins are supposedly the best writers!

Owl - pwilli (married to a penguin), emmyloo

Rooster - dragonfly~guess who's back? , pencilsoverpens (or maybe zebra or wildcat)

Carnivore:

Otter - Nada , Lauren Gale

Wild dog - Melissa is fashionably late! (or maybe bear or baboon)

Bear - windac (or maybe walrus or lion)

Herbivore:

Warthog - Z.˚rz

Zebra - zwisis (married to a badger)

Mountain goat - finnley , Wren , partyof5dj (or maybe a procupine)

When I think of my friend Brandon, I think **porcupine**, prickly little character, all 5'1'' of him! Fortunately (for him!), moles get along with porcupines; although, we are supposed to hook up with bats.

What being one of these animals mean! http://www.animalinyou.com/what.htm

Haven't taken the short-quick-painless test? Take it now: http://www.animalinyou.com/survey.asp

WATT'S GNUS

Never much good news. I came across an article on how a Los Angeles hospital has been accused of dumping homeless people back on the streets. Does America treat its poor well? Well, if you are not poor, you'll probably never know. If you are, you know the answer.

Here, many poor people just sign themsleves out against advice, but we have someone dying in the local flophouse right now so it's a touchy subject. The jails and rehab centers have a way of just dumping folks at a downtown corner without notifying anyone. Creates all kinds of havoc.

One article about Kaiser in LA: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11992490/
An interesting LA Homeless website: http://www.lahomelessblog.org/
And one out of Florida: http://www.homelessvoice.org/default.aspx?p=archives_issues

And then there are still folks, with their panties twisted, upset about gay marriage in Massachusetts (most of them backers of Kansas Senator Brownback or the Phelps gang out of Topeka). Give it a rest! What the hell do you care what goes on in the bedrooms of Boston?

A link from Malaysia: http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=16074

Then again South Africa okayed gay marriages.

From The Phillipines:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=3259...

If you wish to debate this issue don't bore me, go visit dareng's blog. He'll set your ear on edge! See his entry: "Invalid Entry"  and other entries as well, especially if you are an Alabama fan .

Again, please comment on the poem if you can, thanks.

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