Wednesday, November 13, 2024

A PUFF OF SMOKE

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A PUFF OF SMOKE

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When an unexpected expense comes up


And someone immediately covers it


We know they must have a nest egg of some kind


They can draw from to cover the bills


The same thing applies to anger


When something relatively minor occurs


The one on slow simmer immediately flies off the handle


We can know they have a cauldera of anger within them


Boiling, barely contained, ready to erupt, dangerous


They can become angry with anyone at any time


Judging the world as worthy of their outrage


Furious with this or that, fuming and spluttering


Until the lava of accumulated anger cools


Until they realize they are a majestic mountain


Not a lethal hazard to everyone in their vicinity


These volcanoes must be avoided, circumvented, shunned


Until the renewal of personal growth gets them past this era


And in this period of dormancy flowers can grow 


The anger now extinct except for the occasional puff


Of smoke, rising to join the clouds


Until it dissipates into the endless blue forgiving sky 

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