Anne L'Ecuyer

Dichotomies are designed to exhaust the human mind

Mental ping pong all day long

Endless bandying, demanding bandwidth and the emotional chores of either/or

Alive in the land of both/and

Sky and see and us

I claim a first right of refusal

To invest in meaning before it is divided by madness

Equity in more than a simple share

Who we were and what was there

A priori that fateful pair of lovers and the scary hiss, an abysmal switch made on us

Bountiful gardens tended well benefit from bound intelligences

Human heart and mind together

Hell on earth is wrought by naming thought above others

Eve gave us birth and the earth is our Mother

Every season ahead to remember and recover

Three deep breaths
Then throw all your coins in the deep end
Pray as they quickly sink

Touch the bottom of your foot
On the gritty surface
Bob to the top
Feel fingertips floating

Flip, twist, and hurl your body
Notice the sky below
See the disco dimes twirl

Then swim hard! To utter exhaustion!

Now ready
Collect each penny from below
Leave the silver to your children

Dripping, glowing, life flowing
Powerfully through you
Rise from buoyant space
Richer than the fee to get wet

Remembering Virginia Woolf, I made myself a private spot on our balcony. Lovely in good weather with a pleasant view of a deeply troubled world. 

Maybe it’s too close.

Birds chirping over a manicured zen garden, each person walking through a tight amalgam of social rage and a disease vector.

Balance takes on a new meaning when perched on a branch. Flight is tricky too, given the maelstrom.