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Sunday Evenin’ Comin’ Down
Today’s poem was inspired by a prompt for a November Poem a Day Challenge several years ago. The prompt was "harmattan" which is the dusty NE wind that blows through West Africa in the winter. The dryness and dustiness of the season provides an apt metaphor of a heart condition I experience after an especially tiring day of Sunday ministry.
Also, ever since I saw Larry Gatlin talk about Kris Kristofferson's song "Sunday Morning Comin' Down" in the Country Music documentary by Ken Burns, I’ve been fascinated with the lyrics and the story of that song. My last two stanza's are heavily dependent…
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