Gnomonic Verses

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“THE POOR ARE ALWAYS WITH YOU” The poor man shares the decreasing that he hasn’t with all. But, as he climbs the slippery ladder of material increasing, he becomes disinclined to share the increasing even with sundry.

I’LL DO IT LATER When I was very young I collected all my laters and kept them in a large box. The box filled up with its emptinesses. When, in the fullness of time, I opened it to see me through my declining years, I found the empty box filled with the shadows of the memories of all my laters.

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