We have a soul at times.</br>No ones got it non-stop$$$</br>for keeps.</br>Day after day$$$</br>year after year</br>may pass without it.</br>Sometimes</br>it will settle for awhile</br>only in childhoods fears and raptures.</br>Sometimes only in astonishment</br>that we are old.</br>It rarely lends a hand</br>in uphill tasks$$$</br>like moving furniture$$$</br>or lifting luggage$$$</br>or going miles in shoes that pinch.</br>It usually steps out</br>whenever meat needs chopping</br>or forms have to be filled.</br>For every thousand conversations</br>it participates in one$$$</br>if even that$$$</br>since it prefers silence.</br>Just when our body goes from ache to pain$$$</br>it slips off-duty.</br>It's picky:</br>it doesnt like seeing us in crowds$$$</br>our hustling for a dubious advantage</br>and creaky machinations make it sick.</br>Joy and sorrow</br>arent two different feelings for it.</br>It attends us</br>only when the two are joined.</br>We can count on it</br>when were sure of nothing</br>and curious about everything.</br>Among the material objects</br>it favors clocks with pendulums</br>and mirrors$$$ which keep on working</br>even when no one is looking.</br>It won't say where it comes from</br>or when its taking off again$$$</br>though its clearly expecting such questions.</br>We need it</br>but apparently</br>it needs us</br>for some reason too.
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