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4/20/2018

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by Bob Dougherty
 
you are a guest within this house
welcome choose any door
many have come ahead of you  
there will be many more
 
seek a chamber open and wide  
make sure it has sunlight  
free your thoughts   release your mind
weigh new with those held tight  
 
think minutes   days   days into years
step back   widen your view
each hallway may be curved or straight  
seek options   more than two
 
doors will appear both false and true  
the best doors need no force  
your thoughts will fill in naturally  
behind each door   more doors  

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Rapt

4/12/2018

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Ode to Ketchup

4/5/2018

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by Bob Dougherty
 
Rested,
on the morning of day eight
God was hungry
and God chose the humble
potato for nourishment.   
However, God found
its taste unpleasant,
so, God cast it to the ground. 
When God casts something,
it doesn’t stop easily;   
and the potato passed through
Earth’s hot core and out the other side,
in shreds and fried.
 
Still hungry, yet forgiving,
God reached down and gathered up
the shredded fried potato to eat,
but God still found its taste lacking. 
God, being omnipotent, then said,
“Let there be a condiment that gives
common food heavenly taste.”
And God created
 
ketchup.
 
And it came to pass on day eight,
God ate,
and, lo, with eyebrows like golden arches,
God was elated.
Then great joy poured forth from all living beings
for they came to know the pleasure of taste.
 
Pleased, God created

Idaho!

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    Bob Dougherty is a poet and writer living in Tiburon, CA 

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