Shalom Freedman Poems

THE MORE I WORRY ABOUT MONEY

The more I worry about money
The more I worry about money-
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Once there was poem of incredible beauty
That no reader could ever write it-

It has been read by me many times-

Though I have never even once
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THE UNIVERSE DOES NOT CARE FOR US

The Universe does not care for us
It does not even know that we exist
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SUGGESTED APOLOGY TO LOVED ONES TOWARD THE END

I am just another human being
Who has lived on this earth
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I WROTE TOO MANY POEMS

I wrote too many poems
I forgot too many
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DESPAIR IS NOT WHERE IT WAS

Despair is not where it was
I am going somewhere else-
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I DON'T HAVE A POEM IN ME

I don't have a poem in me-
The almond tree is poem enough-
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Will God ever reveal it all to us?

What does it all mean?
And what will I be
Not only at the end of this poem
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EVEN THE LOW GREY CEILING

Even the low grey ceiling
Cannot completely daunt the light
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How will I survive?
If I cannot re-enter cyberspace
Am I alive?
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