Missouri Southern State University - Crossroads Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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man: He brushed the strange-colored dust From creases in his skin And waited. There must be something more. His fingers played unplanned In rich, warm, fertile soil Soft sole cushion. And he waited For the last floating shadows Of a clearing fog So he could see What he waited for— if anything. And then, Thought I. Thought II. Thought III. Progression. Thought I -f Thought Confusion. Thought IV. Thought IV + I = III Revelation. = Collision 13

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if: If there Is real, It Is, (And I could see, touch or smell The night, the stars that fell While I stood with others Watching— And waiting.) (It Is dark; It often is here. There must be more—) And the surge of sensation Pent-up in time before Begins to loose itself In the air From imperceptibly Nowhere. I have touched it to see if it was real. So much that is vanishes now, you Know. Why should this new monument on a hill over a field be different? 15