Devotionals

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Devotionals

“Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition, or from a mere

sense of duty; it stems rather from love & devotion towards

men & objective things.”--Albert Einstein.

Not all love

starts with the tangled skein

of steaming lust,

but

certainly whatever

prompts

our affections

is laden with passion

as purple as plums

or pregnant prose.

We can appreciate good manners in others,

we yearn for the warmth of Spring,

we seek kinship with those we care for,

we are fond of chocolate mousse,

we have a crush on the boss’s secretary,

relishing her favored low-cut bodices;

we’re mad about poetry of all kinds,

we can be devoted to some of our friends,

a sports team, or a dog;

we often are infatuated with banana splits,

& we can be zealous about driving our classic

1968 Chevrolet SS Impala convertible with the

396 mill, & four-speed manual transmission--

or we can worship the wild wind 

that sounds like a church choir 

       as it swirls around the treetops;

some of us seem to idolize certain celebrities,

       while others like to nurture friendships with buskers

we often respect clever wordsmithing, 

or cherish the pristine negative ions 

that saturate our souls

while beach-combing, 

or remain in a state of rapture

following a great film or live performance.

So it seems

that Love wears many masks,

and has numerous

cousins & guises,

& I really dig that;

for it certainly

beats the hell

out of the alternative,

just settling for the dark side

of things. 

Glenn Buttkus

Posted over on dVerse Poets Poetics

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