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Qualyxian Quest Dec 2021
Catholic, but not orthodox
I do like the little way
St. Therese in France
My family in Taipei

Father David Tracy
Giordano Bruno
Ping Pong at Calvert House
Gesu for those who do know

Marguerite Porete
Eckhart. Heidelberg.
Honeymoon in France
Camus and the Absurd

Simone Weil in Spain
Santa Rosa, California
America gone wrong
Don't say I didn't warn ya

              The Pequod
Donnie Ray Jun 2019
Here is the man,
Who saw the world.
Felt it change,
From this to that.
Saw a man,
Change his hat.
Seen his life,
On a tight rope dance.
Seen people,
change their color.
Have seen flowers,
Blossom in December.
Seen the world,
Met some people,
Heard the story,
And aged like mapple.
He knows it all,
And he is glad,
He is seen the journey,
From being a son to dad.
Love you dad
Qualyxian Quest Sep 2020
In this world
Shipmates
Sin that can pay its way
Can travel freely
And without a passport

But Virtue
If a pauper
Is stopped at all frontiers
Qualyxian Quest Aug 2020
"In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers."
                           - Moby ****
Qualyxian Quest Apr 2021
Father Mapple in the pulpit
Mortal or immortal

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Wardrobe is a portal

Aslan is a Turkish word
Ishmael shows Tahiti

Today I had 3 tacos
Tomorrow I'll have baked ziti

Richard Dreyfus in Stand By Me
And American Graffitti

He too is bipolar
(Better eat your Wheaties!) 😄
Qualyxian Quest Aug 2020
Mortal or Immortal
Honest Father Mapple

My friend John Sloyan
Told me, Eat the **** apple

Basketball in Reno
Truly we did coach

Ireland and Virginia
Both of us approach

He studied at Tennesse
In Knoxville I was born

Blessings for his family
Grateful for friendship formed

Whack fo de ****** this morn!
Qualyxian Quest May 2020
Mortal or immortal
Father Mapple preaches

I'd like to walk from Charleston
All the way to Florida's beaches

Atlanta has the aquarium
Georgia has the peaches

I find so many women beautiful
But always out of reaches

You have to listen carefully
To hear just which one each is

The boys in Stand By Me
Terrified of leeches

That movie taught me much
And I was one who teaches

Never friends like that again
Jesus! Memory never ceases!

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