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5/14/2022 although my sitting was 'good' today

Con/Jur/d

May 14, 2022

**This weekend is filled with ‘shouda’ — shouda did this — shouda done that — if you let it — life can become a receptacle for regrets**

If this becomes the ‘real’ I hope we’ll deal with it in the same way we meet other challenges — hopefully — better — While I was editing the picture the following song shuffled into the playlist:

**Even the most intractable joinings eventually fade away**

KK
Con/Jur/d, 5/14/2022

Never occurs to us
people pay attention
to our ticks, language
they notice our dead
words, it takes me by
surprise when she
asks me why this
new sign off
‘KK’

As if we're too lazy
to say OK, Okay
and the repetition
seems lazy, dismissive, and
annoyed -- We don't have a good
answer -- except between ears --
the voice is more nasal than our own
and it's not even a voice, rather the sound
of maracas, accompanying the deep
endless tone, the one we drum
our entire lives around
the great rhythms
of birth-death
in-between
we know
you’re
correct

Thinking this is
another disposable
habit, from nowhere
to here, in need
of replacement
something 

closer, richer, truer
more alive
we can
both
hear.

**And as I was getting ready to post the poem ‘KK’ — Adhana shuffled into place — with these lyrics:**

Now
The easiest way to get into the meditative state
Is to begin by listening
Don't try to identify the sounds of the area
Simply allow them to play with your eardrums
And let them go

This is why Dave Cowan’s “Shuffle Synchronicities” is a brilliant exercise

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Much Love,

Con/Jur/d, 5/14/2022