POEM OF THE MONTH


Lucky Life

Lucky life isn't one long string of horrors
and there are moments of peace and pleasure,
      as I lie in between the blows,
. . . Lucky life is like this. Lucky there is an ocean to come to.
Lucky you can judge yourself in this water.
Lucky the waves are cold enough to wash out the meanness
Lucky you can be purified over and over again.
Lucky there is the same cleanliness for everyone
Lucky life is like that. Lucky life. Oh lucky life.
Oh lucky lucky life. Lucky life.

--Gerald Stern

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