goddess #50

business is booming here at the dunkin' 

in the state of "live free or die".

but i'm drawn past the edge where the mowing ends 

and the weeds grow high,

thinking that "live free and die" is perhaps more apt,

since the "dying" part is really not optional,

and the "living free" part is easier said than done.

and i think of janice singing 'bout how 

"freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

and i think perhaps she's right -

how slowly divesting,

letting go of things -

of ideas

of what's right and wrong

important

necessary

essential

safe or dangerous -

makes it just a little easier 

to walk past the edge

and sit among wild blackberries

listen to cicadas

and enjoy the goldenrod brilliant against the summer sky.