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1971-03-25 Understanding

Thursday, March 25th, 1971 
                          Understanding

         Profoundly, my lesson is absorbed...
           the consequence of my love for you is my life.
         chards of feathered crystal dreams spin
           after truth has voided them
              and reality is yield me in their destruction.

         The consequence of your regard for me is my happiness
           my pain more than equals my understanding.

                                    gallagher
                                    25 mar 71
                                    Long Beach, CA
                                    - the end of our 2nd separation

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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1971-07-25

Sunday, July 25th, 1971 
Human (a reflection on the Viet-Nam War)
I could not weigh papers
on the same scale with tears
I could not tell a widow
the love she knew as life
had been worth the papers price.
I could not look in eyes
that saw mine
and doubt God's image.
gallagher
25Jul71

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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