<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/jfm32"><title>JF Mingione: writings - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/</link><description>Poems, Descants, and Other Beliefs</description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/636121" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/635503" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/635055" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/634689" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/634565" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631919" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631483" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631021" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/629412" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/625287" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/636121"><title>IF I COULD HAVE SEX ALL DAY</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/636121</link><description>IF I COULD HAVE SEX ALL DAY I’D PROBABLY GET VERY CONFUSED ALL THE ZINK WOULD BE DRAINED FROM MY BODY AND I’D SEE THE SUN AS THE MOON THEN I’D BE THE LAST MINER IN CAMP TO WATCH MY BONES FALL APART MY TONGUE WOULD FALL INTO MY SKULL AND THAT’S WHEN MY EYES WOULD POP OUT NO, PERPETUAL SEX IS NOT...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/635503"><title>WHEN THE WORLD WORE A DRESS</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/635503</link><description>(re-write with ending I didn't have the words for then) WHEN THE WORLD WORE A DRESS It worked, once, when the World wore a dress carrying her secrets in her bosom And Time had a face, completely familiar, because it never changed They say the sky was closer, then when the mountains were woven to...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/635055"><title>I Feel Like Writing Again</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/635055</link><description>I feel like writing, again call it a mood, a desire maybe an arbitrary necessity to aim my bow aimlessly into this non-thought of what I am I love these big targets because they're very hard to miss</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/634689"><title>I Read A Poem Today</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/634689</link><description>I read a poem today That carried me to the bluntness Of my truths Some unexamined And others that got away I am lackluster in my turpentine I sing songs in my veil Waiting to be touched By an unknown saint Who knows no other song</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/634565"><title>A LIGHT WITHOUT EFFULGENCE</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/634565</link><description>It’s not exactly that I’m feeling dingy But the days just got shorter so if I was saving daylight where did it go? I like big changes because there’s something to do I just didn’t realize I’d be cleaning the inside of my windshield so soon</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631919"><title>IN BLUE OCTOBER</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631919</link><description>In Blue October My shutters squeak aching to be reborn In this twilight between here and now Must I eat of my ancestors’ womb Just to be part of it? I huddle over myself in this cave standing before The fires of my origins Flames leap out speaking in unknown tongues Only to flicker and disappear...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631483"><title>THE FALL</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631483</link><description>Here I am again in my biblical proportions Descending with my sap into my roots And a bit of colorful fanfare Oh! Is this a finale to a splendid season? What would I know? I thought this was yesterday But something had to activate me To spin my cocoon And once again I wonder Where Time and my...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631021"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/631021</link><description>THE PANHANDLER This talking commercial won’t stop Now it’s walking beside me Everywhere I go I’m the pigeon-holed beggar Asking for my life back After all, it’s mine Hey, I am what I am because Life attacked me, once But now I got to make myself feel guilty Because I can’t pass up A good good-bye</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/629412"><title>Untitled</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/629412</link><description>Oh me, oh my When is the world going to end Or should I close my eyes?</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/625287"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/jfm32/625287</link><description>Perfume makes me stingy who am I to be handing out dollar bills thru my pantaloons Well I'm glad it wasn't me and just my other impersonating me, again</description></item></rdf:RDF>