{"id":7484,"date":"2016-03-10T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7484"},"modified":"2016-03-10T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:32:16","slug":"when-space-time-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7484","title":{"rendered":"When Space & Time Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This photo is from the Facebook page of a Friend-of-a-Friend, taken by James Smith. You could call it \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcApples in Winter<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, or maybe \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCandy for the Soul<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, dessert for the eyes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 What particularly struck me was that Mr. Smith came upon these apples in the snow on his way somewhere, and the moment caught him\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the vision of snow, the gracious tree, crisp tart apples, gray surroundings with brushes of color, the chill air, the texture of falling snow\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The moment caught him, so he went back to catch the moment, to save the glimpse. <\/p>\n

What touched me about the poem from Ken McKeon was that same surprise, and the same desire to catch the glimpse, he was on his way to accomplish a task, to return with the perfect top-off for a special meal, the pinnacle of an intended moment. Both men were surprised at the gifts they discovered\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the moment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s surprise, like the bright smile of a loved one directed right at you. What could be better when space opens and time presents such richness? <\/p>\n

Dessert From Masse’s<\/strong>
\n\tBy Ken McKeon<\/p>\n

My turn this Saturday to buy dessert,
\nBoth as a treat for us
\n And sure token
\n Of my capacitance
\n As a loving man.<\/p>\n

And it sparks me to fear, this having to find
\n A truly happy way to cap a meal,
\n It’s seriously intimidating.<\/p>\n

And I am off to Masse’s two blocks away,
\n A dessert shop, a bakery of clarity,
\n Its efforts always appealing
\n To eye, nose, tongue, mouth,<\/p>\n

There one discovers
\n Tastes worth discovering,<\/p>\n

There at Masse’s.
\n And the welcoming clerk says: Yes?<\/p>\n

I stare into the case at
\n The usual wonders,
\n Sophisticated, muted,
\n Wonderfully, calmly, invitingly hued,
\n Cakes, and cream filled delicacies, pies too,
\n All here in this quietly brimming case.<\/p>\n

And I ask: What’s that?<\/p>\n

This? She says and she gently points
\n To sort of a squatly rounded five inch long
\n Fiery red cylindrical thing.<\/p>\n

Yes, that.<\/p>\n

It’s a firecracker.<\/p>\n

I’ll take it. Box it up.<\/p>\n

And as I roll on home I think
\n Of what a blast it will be
\n To have my buy on our plate!<\/p>\n

And I also think:
\n Maybe it’s filled with gunpowder cream,
\n Maybe tonight no candles on the table.
\n Maybe my wife will be grim and frowning.
\n Maybe she will straight out ask me:<\/p>\n

Just what is this? What were you thinking?<\/p>\n

And she does. And I say:
\nA firecracker, hoping to please you.<\/p>\n

And she takes her fork and breaks
\nThrough the hot red crust<\/p>\n

And she finds within it, a subtly
\nCitrus laced light filled tasty cream,
\nAll on a moist cake bed,
\nAnd then she smiles and says:
\nYum, a firecracker, imagine that, good choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Click on the photograph to expand…) This photo is from the Facebook page of a Friend-of-a-Friend, taken by James Smith. You could call it \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcApples in Winter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, or maybe \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCandy for the Soul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, dessert for the eyes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 What particularly struck … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,86,43,198,68,108,100,77,195,132,40,104],"tags":[43,77,195,115,40,70,69],"class_list":["post-7484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions","category-art","category-being","category-caring","category-consciousness","category-desire","category-emotion","category-experience","category-intimacy","category-nature","category-poetry","category-presence","tag-being","tag-experience","tag-intimacy","tag-opening","tag-poetry","tag-space","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}