Happiness vs Joy
Happiness can be fleeting.
Joy is a condition of the soul.
Life's a zoo. You've said it yourself.
Happiness is not
always
pink candy spun out of air.
Sometimes it's a gorilla sitting
satisfied in careful attention
to something you cannot see.
You wave your arms
frantically wanting it
to dance or swing
which it does
when
you are not looking.
-Kathleen Gunton
©2010 New Mexico Poetry Review
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