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The great Abyss between any Two Moments

By Paul MerkleyPublished about a year ago • 1 min read

Moment to Moment

False scale--mind builds it

O'er gaps 'twixt moments, told not

By clock, but by leap

inspirational

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Paul Merkley

Co-Founder of Seniors Junction, a social enterprise working to prevent seniors isolation. Emeritus professor, U. of Ottawa. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Founder of Tower of Sound Waves. Author of Fiction.

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