on reading Rumi in Miami

Asparagus reeking
transcendence seeking
strangers seeping

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counting the ratio:

high heels to flats

moths to gnats

[applause]

For some

the utter inability 

to sit in silence

in the presence
of the divine.



For others

the utter inability 

to sit in silence

in the presence 

of the divine.