Yet Again

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 Yet again
 the relentless chatter,
 embarrassingly inane;
 
 the world is too much
 with us,
 
 a rebuke to our soft lives.
 
 We are forever picking out constellations 
 from these days,
 to fit who
 and where we are. 
 
 The present rearranges the past. 
 We never   tell the story completely, 
 because a life
 isn’t a story;
 
 it’s a whole Milky Way of occasions.

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Dave Stankowicz is a retired educator who lives on an island off the coast of Portland, Maine with his wife Debbie Jordan and their dog Cody. Liberated from the responsibilities of teaching he has found the space and time to pursue so much that interests him. Dave is the former host of the WMPG radio show Palm Wine Radio, and currently hosts Next To Silence - an hour long show that explores different themes, genres, artists and record labels. Next to Silence can be streamed live on Peaks Island Radio at https://peaksislandradio.com on Mondays and Fridays @ 7:00 PM EDT, and Tuesdays @noon. You can also stream archived shows at his site (category: next to silence) He continues his lifelong efforts to master space and time.

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3 thoughts on “Yet Again”

  2. Oh dear. Relentless and embarrassingly inane chatter. That’s such a sad and depressing way to start a poem that then turns so positive and encouraging, with the present rearranging the past and our lives being a Milky Way of occasions – even for those who have good hearts but just can’t help but relentlessly chatter…

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