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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Real Wild Mind

On sunny mornings
the pines cast long shadows
while the oaks spill theirs
thick and wide.

Then at noon
all shadows become small,
anticipating a glorious future
in the golden dusk,
or the misty dawn.

You can fell a tree,
you can even fell a man,
but you can do nothing
about those celestial bodies
which push and pull your shadow
in subconscious rhythm
with your wild mind.

Watch as the morning color
retreats during high noon,
only to return just before nightfall.
Become aware of your color
now waiting and lurking,
hidden by the dark.

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