My grandfather in his dying bed
piles of pills and potions stacked near
none of which could cure
All of which he believed-
advertising,vegetables,phlogiston,
karma,religion,secularism,affirmations
gods,gurus,doctors,saints,miracles
garlic,blueberries,green tea,kumbacha
art.music,gardening,poetry
wars,progress,real estate,"reality"
dropping salt,sugar,fats,adding exercise
faith healing(no one can hear him-
he is long gone,yet still his beliefs persists
whenever i filter my water and wash the DDT
from my(organic)garden vegetables
Long life is a lottery-a few win
most get white crosses /ashes scattered memories
held on to like blind faith in some magic pill
like ghost shirts,ghost dances,ghost cures
Polish cavalry against WW1 German tanks
thinking IF ONLY and I CAN!
our ancestors laughing
from within our garden
hear them?
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