Sunday, January 30, 2022

The Angel of Listening

A group's talking, many
voices interlaced,
a lattice-work of gab--

then all talk suddenly 
stops, as if timed: it's
said "an angel just passed

over," and people laugh,
and then buzzing chat
begins again, builds. Yes:

the Angel of Listening. An
angel of thought, ego retracted
like a cat's claw, minds open

like a veranda on a cottage
near a warm sea. If you can,
come by here more often, Angel.

Help us quiet down, and listen,
and let good thoughts, fresh
ideas, breeze in to mix with

our thinking, refurbish knowing. 


hans ostrom 2022

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