03/18/02
Meetings on the Road, I:
Charitable Intentions
[Note: From time to time, henceforth, the Just Thinking column will feature poems from a series of parable sonnets called “Meetings on the Road.” These offerings will be infrequent, so if you enjoy them — to ponder or simply to bob your head with the iambic rhythm — consider them rare gems that justify your bearing with the tedium of my usual opinion writing, and if you dislike them, remind yourself that you will only face their reading on rare Mondays.]
When, in the
heart of Winter’s fiercest chill,
My oil heater burned its reserves through,
I cheered to have a fireplace to fill.
(Suburban “Greens” had yet to plug my flue.)
This poem has been published in Just Thinking: Volume I, 10/29/01–10/21/02 and is available in Confidence Place: The Timshel Arts Store.
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