Most of our knowledge 
   of the world 
    is vicarious 

Was I tipping off the back
  of the Jeep 
    between the plow
     and the tailgate 
That morning two weeks 
  before the flood?

The seats of the 
 Mercury station wagon
  facing backwards 
The last car over 
  the Honeydew bridge 
   we watched it wash away
through the relentless downpour 

Matthew 19:26 
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible”.  
Faith riddled with doubts 
       for
without stories, 
   there is no God

Sitting in the darkened living room 
   of a family friend 
After an afternoon 
  Flying in his Cessna 
 High above 
the radiation laboratory 
  We were watching 
silent  high speed film of
 the shots taken 
   the week before 
in the Nevada Desert 
  Of H-bomb tests
    Black and White 
           My God
   They were beautiful 

Scot GL Brunswick, ME 12/31/2025 11:59AM