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Meditations on Modernity: Part 3 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Swans #Life #Local #Pub #Medicine

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Meditations on Modernity

By Vincent H. Anastasi 2023

III. The Medicine

If I could take the creek to work,
I would - hitch a ride
with the swans who swam by yesterday
or run the power lines with the squirrels
zig-zagging my way high above the traffic,
not directly as the crow flies.
I need no modern technologies to sustain me,
only a pint a week surrounded by slow-souls
sojourning together for an hour or two
at the local pub - call that medicine,
the panacea for this dis-ease:
the gnawing canker of modernity.

Part four will be released tomorrow. Part one and two were released previously.

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9 responses to “Meditations on Modernity: Part 3 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Swans #Life #Local #Pub #Medicine”

  1. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    By far my favorite “only a pint a week surrounded by slow-souls
    sojourning together for an hour or two
    at the local pub” ❤️ Are we opening one one day??

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    1. v. anastasi Avatar
      v. anastasi

      Retirement here I come! One like the Drover’s Arms where slow souls can gather and share life! No cellphones allowed!

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      1. Sarah Avatar
        Sarah

        Absolutely no question. No phones. And only the slow souls. Thinking we may not make any money, but that’s never been the point. If we don’t show people who will??

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  2. Jason A. Muckley Avatar
    Jason A. Muckley

    I love this! Especially “only a pint a week surrounded by slow-souls”

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    1. v. anastasi Avatar
      v. anastasi

      I’ve been watching All Creatures Great and Small on PBS about James Herriot. Great series and it’s only fueled my desire for a local pub where slow-souls can gather; a place where community is nurtured.

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      1. Jason A. Muckley Avatar
        Jason A. Muckley

        I love that show!!! I’ve read most of Herriot’s books. My oldest and I are watching that show. We should finish this season’s Christmas finale tonight. We bought the first two seasons too and watch them throughout the year!

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      2. v. anastasi Avatar
        v. anastasi

        I still need to buy them all. My family loves the show. We finished season three earlier in the week. Wow! No spoilers here, but my wife and I were crying. All six of my children (and my daughter-in-law) look forward to watching together each week.

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  3. motiv8n Avatar
    motiv8n

    Slow-souls enjoying a beer. I could handle that.

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    1. v. anastasi Avatar
      v. anastasi

      Absolutely! I envy all the small pubs in England. Not getting that in Western PA.

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