THURSDAY'S ANSWERS

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    Waiting to find out the results of a PET scan my father had last Saturday. He may have mesothelioma, an incurable disease. He is 86 years old. I wrote this because his doctor's appt is on Thursday and I am waiting for Thursday's answers -- and God's.

    THURSDAY'S ANSWERS
    Foggy this morning.
    Romote control drive to work.
    Fog enveloped my consciousness
    and muffled all sound, all feeling.
    Figured the sun or a second cup of coffee
    would burn it off
    but it's pervasive, persistent.
    Won't go away and I remain
    encapsulated in a trance-like state.
    Attempts to focus on
    matter at hand are futile
    and nothing seems important.
    Nothing except Thursday.
    And so the fog does not dissipate.
    I will go through the motions
    of existing until I have the answers.
    Thursday's answers.
    God's answers.
    And will those clear the fog
    or make things even hazier?
    I may never know.
    Just need to belive
    God does.

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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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