tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post8300984408095042319..comments2024-03-27T09:17:27.333-05:00Comments on A Year of Being Here: Albert Huffstickler: "The Edge of Doubt"Phyllis Cole-Daihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12860589719995205974noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988313475311500328.post-53909454448812764742015-09-17T08:01:00.169-05:002015-09-17T08:01:00.169-05:00Joe Blanda of Austin, TX, writes me that he also f...Joe Blanda of Austin, TX, writes me that he also found this poem in a chapbook of Huff's called "The Certitude of Laundromats" (1995) and it looked like this:<br /><br />There is always<br />that edge of doubt.<br />Trust it.<br />That's where<br />the new things come from. If<br /><br />you can't live with it,<br />get out because,<br />when it's gone<br />you're on automatic,<br />repeating something<br /><br />you've learned.<br />Let your prayer be:<br /><br />save me from that tempting<br />certainty<br />that leads<br />me back<br />from the<br /><br />edge<br /><br />that dark edge<br />where the first<br />light breaks.<br /><br /><br />Thanks, Joe!Phyllis Cole-Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860589719995205974noreply@blogger.com