Rede / ᎮᏯ

I'll spew my rede,
my cosmic seed,
into the dark lap
of time.

ᎠᏯ ᏗᏍᏓᏲᏍᏙᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎮᏯᏁ,
ᎠᏆ ᏂᎦᏛᎣ-ᎤᎦᏔᏁ,
ᎤᎳᏏᎩ ᏗᎦᏅᏍᎨᏂ ᎾᎿᎢ
ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎥᎿᎢ.

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Change, at His Age / ᏧᎾᏍᏗ, ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎾᎿᎢ

Change, at his age,
is not impossible,
but it requires
a good reason.

ᏧᎾᏍᏗ, ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎾᎿᎢ,
Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏰᎵ-ᏂᎨᏒᎾ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ
ᎣᏍᏛ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗ.

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The Body Will Have / ᎠᏰᎸ ᎤᎰᏎ

The body will have
what bodies will,
and when it's gone,
the spirit
is with us still.

ᎠᏰᎸ ᎤᎰᏎ
Ꮎ ᎠᏰᎸᏗ ᎤᎰᏎ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᎾᎩᏍᏗᏎ,
ᎠᏓᏅᏙ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎩᎳ ᎢᏧᎸ ᎬᏙᏗ.

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Weather Forecast

Sixty-eight degrees
Fahrenheit
Partly sunny,
Fifty-six at night.

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Satisfaction

Satisfaction

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Naked Wisdom 70

ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏕᏦ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏓᏁᏙ
Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏓᏁᏓᏎ ᎢᏧᎸ ᏗᏜ,
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏔᏃᏅ.

Freedom is a gift
that we give ourselves,
when we are ready.

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ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 70

ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏕᏦ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏓᏁᏙ
Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏓᏁᏓᏎ ᎢᏧᎸ ᏗᏜ,
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏔᏃᏅ.