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The eyes open to a cry of pulleys,
And spirited from sleep, the astounded soul
Hangs for a moment bodiless and simple
As false dawn.
Outside the open window
The morning air is all awash with angels.
Some are in bed-sheets, some are in blouses,
Some are in smocks: but truly there they are.
Now they are rising together in calm swells
Of halcyon feeling, filling white space with glitter and with
calmness.
The soul descends once more in bitter love
To accept the waking body, saying now
In a changed voice as the man yawns and rises,
"Bring them down from their ruddy gallows;
Let there be clean linen for the backs of thieves;
Let lovers go fresh and sweet to be undone,
And the heaviest nuns walk in a pure floating
Of dark habits,
keeping their difficult balance."
And then to breakfast, where the sun lights up
The world of plates, the forks, the knives, the cups,
And the angels cry out to the soul:
"O let there be nothing on earth but laundry,
Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam
And clear dances done in the sight of heaven."
Yet, as the sun acknowledges
With a warm look the world's hunks and colors,
The soul descends once more in bitter love
To accept the waking body, saying now
In a changed voice as the man yawns and rises,
GET THEM OH LORD. PROTECT US, NURTURE US
Save our Country
vid rel; Today is feast Day of "St. Nick"
The Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway took place on December 6, 1969. Therefore, as of today, December 6, 2024, it was 55 years ago.