# 42:

The truth does not depend on public opinion.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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The Fly

H ere,
In this beautiful world,
A fly is trapped in my house.

Trapped.

It's buzzing madly against the window glass,
Certain there must be an opening,
Beckoned by the light of the outside world,
The outside world,
Just a fraction of an inch away,
An impenetrable fraction of an inch.

Here,
In this beautiful world,
Where all things are possible,
This Garden of Eden where life explodes,
Where love and hate contend,
Where joy, real joy is actually possible,
A fly is trapped in my window.

I get a clear plastic cup
Reserved for such rescues
And capture the exhausted creature,
Gently sliding a square of cardboard beneath
To prevent escape.

Here,
In this dangerous world,
Where evil survives and babies die,
A fly was trapped in my house,
And I opened the door
And I let it go.




~ by Russ Allison Loar
~ Artwork by Chris Ezelle aka Boogey Man
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# 29:

The meek may indeed inherit the Earth,
but they will not explore it.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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One Small Candle

When we decide to love,
To fall in love,
We luxuriate in our love,
Our precise, exquisite love,
Denied to so many.

We light one small candle
In a dark room,
Believing the whole wide world
Is ablaze.


~ Russ Allison Loar
~ Photo by Christopher Andrew Loar
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Living In A Tree

I f the world were filled with people like me,
I’d likely be living up in a tree.

~ Words, photograph and rat by Russ Allison Loar
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# 69:

Be imperfect and acknowledge your imperfection. In this way you will become honest and no longer need to present a false image of yourself to the world.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 218:

"Normal" is an idea in wet cement.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 83:

We are not in this world. We are of this world.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 105:

You know you’re getting old when you have a lifetime supply of paper clips.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 52:

Philosophy, the graveyard of life.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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