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I just updated my blog to Wordpress 2.6. This does not mean much to most but it allows me to post entries using my iPhone. Maybe I will blog more…

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Surrender
My way always,that’s what I want.My way fully,that’s what I seek.My way above all.Always.
All the world,it should be for me.All the world,it should go my way.All the world,it should be mine.Mine.
But my way fails.Again and again.Frustrated am I, even crushed.The world, it levels me.I’m not in charge.I’m brought low.My way, it dies.So do I.
Another way [...]

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IF DEATH…
by Miguel Huezo Mixco
(translated by Claribel Alegria and Darwin J.Flakoll)
If death should come asking for me
do me the favor
of telling him to come back tomorrow
because I still haven’t paid my debts
nor finished a poem
nor said goodbye to anyone
nor prepared clothing for the trip
nor delivered that package I promised to
nor locked up [...]

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Why me Lord, what have I ever done to deserve even one of the pleasures I’ve known Tell me Lord, what did I ever do that was worth loving you or the kindness you’ve shown.
Lord help me Jesus, I’ve wasted it so help me Jesus I know what I am now that I know that [...]

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