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The Alchemist

from Normal Life Is Fine by Tom John Hall

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How many times a day do you ask yourself,
'Does everybody feel this way?
And would that make it okay?'
Do you often feel besides yourself
at all the senseless violence;
reprehensible politics;
and where do I fit in to all of this?

Seven billion human beings
with real thoughts and real feelings
just as vivid as your own,
and just by chance this house is your home.

For the time being.

Well what on earth do I do now?
This is the question.
The only thing that I can be sure of,
is this handful of real people
that I love.
With you at the precipice,
guiding me through like an alchemist
Or a prophet, maybe:
something holy.

one of
Seven billion human beings
with real thoughts and real feelings
just as vivid as your own,
and just by chance this house is your home.
Seven billion human beings,
each one by comparison amounts to almost nothing
this considered,
it would seem pointless to be
anything
but nice,
be kind,
clearly that's what everyone would like.
One in seven billion,
and you're no more important than a single one of them
you're
free
to be.
And though it's all too easy,
to linger on the details,
you inhale.
You exhale,
and you're free
to be.

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from Normal Life Is Fine, released August 5, 2016

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