Yes I am old and
live alone and know how to
be happy. After
prayers I go to
where the millennials are,
sip coffee, rock out
to the latest songs.
Dancing in my chair is not
so different from
prayer. I welcome
the absolute nothing in-
to my relative
nothing. It’s festive,
mixing ebullience and
serenity, as
the philosopher
says. Under this spell I am
a wild sacred thing.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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