{"id":8954,"date":"2018-09-28T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8954"},"modified":"2020-07-24T11:00:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T18:00:06","slug":"stories-applesauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8954","title":{"rendered":"STORIES\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 APPLESAUCE\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9708\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stories-Applesauce-by-Gerd-Altmann-Pixabay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9708\" src=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stories-Applesauce-by-Gerd-Altmann-Pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stories-Applesauce-by-Gerd-Altmann-Pixabay.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stories-Applesauce-by-Gerd-Altmann-Pixabay-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stories-Applesauce-by-Gerd-Altmann-Pixabay-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo:  &#8216;Stories &#8211; Applesauce&#8217; by Gerd Altmann &#8211; Pixabay<br \/>https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yy3hu6cb<br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">How many words are there\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 who would know?  If there are almost 7,000 living languages today, each could have several hundreds of thousands of words\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 if so, then there might be over 2 billion words in use today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ken\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s poem has me thinking about words\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 thoughtfully, someone has tried to honor words by designating a word for each day\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 now there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a direct relationship to Time and Words!  That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how we use them, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it, to measure and evaluate experience through time.  We create WORLDS out of words, and live in, and evaluate them continuously.  The cosmic dust of our universe is composed of words\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 mind stuff.  Yes, I think so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re almost always in our heads\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 until we bite on the unexpected\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. For an instant\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 worlds part\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 space and time open\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>APPLESAUCE<br \/>\n\tby Ken McKeon<\/p>\n<p>The word of the day, the one true thing<br \/>\nFor twenty four hours,<br \/>\n  There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing slippery about it,<br \/>\n   It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sky stable, a still mauve cloud<br \/>\n   In a big blue airy range,<br \/>\nA fathomless display,<br \/>\n  Depths of flavor one enters<br \/>\n    By way of sprinkled cinnamon <\/p>\n<p>It yields easily to the<br \/>\n  Spooning of the open mind,<br \/>\n    It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a real treat, tasty and lasting<br \/>\nFor the whole stretch<br \/>\n   Of its brief forever time,<\/p>\n<p>Savor it while you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re here<br \/>\n   At this table humming out<br \/>\nYour own unlimited infinite display,<\/p>\n<p>But as your tongue touches down<br \/>\nOn the spike of a clove<br \/>\nNote the automatic shift,<br \/>\nThe quick sharp lostness,<br \/>\nThe tears of ripping Time<br \/>\nThat wash you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lit up<br \/>\nEasy open sky-lit day away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many words are there\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 who would know? If there are almost 7,000 living languages today, each could have several hundreds of thousands of words\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 if so, then there might be over 2 billion words in use today. 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