Brace Yourself for Love, for It Is Coming

July 8, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Bastille Day, which is celebrated on July 14.

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A Bastille Day poem about the need for love in making economic choices:

Brace yourself for love, for it is coming,

A wave of love that well might knock you down.

So may you lose your hard-earned rep for cunning,

The ruthlessness for which you are renowned.

In every moment, every thought and feeling,

Love waits for you to turn and it is there,

Lying ‘neath the equities you’re dealing

Endlessly, a longing that you share.

Do, then, turn, and let yourself be broken,

And let your pain and sorrow be a token

You leave for those who deal and do not care.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Bastille Day

7/8: Brace Yourself for Love, for It Is Coming