After The Rain
After the rain
and heaven is reflected
from ground in the puddles
that surround my feet
I look at the clouds
in these liquid fragments
Too quickly by they sail
in these small mirrors
God cried today
in an effort to get our attention
Bringing heaven to our feet
for those of us who
no longer look up
Copyright � July 2001 Joe Gustin

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I have been living in Toronto for thirty years, the last ten of which I have spent on other people’s couches, and in one case the floor.
I have been underemployed for most of those ten years, but the operative word is employed. However, I have never been paid enough to be able to [...]