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The Only Place to Start

The Only Place to Start

Exactly where you sit

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Bob Metivier
Mar 04, 2024
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A Poem

Older man sitting at park table
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The only place to start
Is exactly where you sit.
That is the crucial part,
You cannot go so far unless
You take the time to see
You don’t know where you are.

How can you be any thing
Or anyone for that matter,
If you cannot hear
Beyond the noisy chatter
The voice inside that speaks.

This voice might learn to sing
As a bowl ru…

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