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    Help for Hysterical Humans Who Hope to Be Happy in Heaven or Here
    Help for Hysterical Humans Who Hope to Be Happy in Heaven or Here
    Help for Hysterical Humans Who Hope to Be Happy in Heaven or Here
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    Help for Hysterical Humans Who Hope to Be Happy in Heaven or Here

    By James Sterngram

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    BOOK SYNOPSIS: 

    Life's a you-know-what. 
    People fall in ruts. 
    We think our lives are over while we live them. 
    Our universal game 
    is to hunt for who's to blame 
    until the universe itself is unforgiven. 

    Now and then a human 
    who spies a space to bloom in 
    is gifted with uplifted points of view 
    that help us see beyond the skies 
    and the fear behind our eyes. 
    In this book, I share my blooming space with you. 

    Yours, 
    James 

    "…overflows with a novel kind of witticism and drunkenness that lovers of poetry, as well as those looking for words that inspire, will find interesting. [James] writes about common realities in a style that sings to the soul, and that will, most definitely, help readers find meaning and alter the way they look at life. It is riveting, enlightening, and, above all, highly entertaining." 
       -Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite Book Reviews 

    Included in her Top Three Reads of 2016 by Harmony Kent of The Review Board 

    James Sterngram is a member of the Associated Individuals Desiring Enlightenment (Sometimes). AIDE(S) is a global prophet-making organization currently boasting more than seven billion members. 

    James majored in Music in college, but only recently landed his first full-time musical job, thanks to family connections. He was hired the day he discovered that he was your brother. He's been singing about that ever since. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllen W. Ellison
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    ISBN9780990627128
    Help for Hysterical Humans Who Hope to Be Happy in Heaven or Here
    Author

    James Sterngram

    James Sterngram is a member of the Associated Individuals Desiring Enlightenment (Sometimes). AIDE(S) is a global prophet-making organization currently boasting roughly seven billion members. James earned his B.A. in Music and his money elsewhere (just a little, so far). He is not linked in with any facebook friends, but he hopes you like him anyway. His phone is not smart. He doesn't twitter much, but he does follow the tweets, shrieks, croaks, and peeps of the many visitors and residents in his Florida garden. Book excerpts complementary to any samples found here are available at www.JamesSterngram.com. James welcomes your thoughts and questions at james.sterngram@gmail.com.

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      Help for Hysterical Humans Who Hope to Be Happy in Heaven or Here - James Sterngram

      HELP

      for Hysterical Humans

      Who Hope to Be Happy

      in Heaven or Here

      Copyright 2013, 2017, James Sterngram

      All Rights Reserved

      ePub Format

      (Other formats available)

      ISBN 978-0-9906271-2-8

      The reproduction, distribution, presentation, and adaptation of the contents of this book are restricted by U.S. and international copyright laws and treaties, and subject to the signed consent of the rights holder(s).

      Without the author’s written permission, it is illegal to make this file, its copies, or its contents available to anyone other than the originally-intended recipient of a legally-purchased copy.

      www.jamessterngram.com

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      A DOOZY

      (of a dedication)

      to Berta, Frank, and Marianne;

      to Mom and Uncle Harris;

      to Dudley, Dale, and Jane;

      to Allan, Ron, and Constance;

      to Dexter, Bear, and Bobby;

      to Linda, Viv, and Bonnie;

      to Dutchy, John, and Jon;

      to Maria and to Tia;

      most of all to Esperanza,

      who commands a starring stanza

      for appearances

      as angel, muse, and merry mortal Maggie:

      none of you identified

      by semi-private name

      bears the scars of global fame.

      Each is celebrated locally

      for having been a friend

      to this lowly, lucky Jim.

      Welcome, hopeful human,

      to my course in happiness.

      Will it help relieve hysteria?

      I pray the answer’s yes.

      I confess

      that I am even now attending it myself.

      I am hopeful

      that the student and the teacher will be helped.

      Your stripes and mine may clash,

      but I’m glad you’re in my class.

      I have classy friends. —Of which religions?

      I forget to ask.

      I won’t ask if you’re a Christian

      from this page until the last.

      I don’t hope for that.

      I hope we’ll both enjoy ourselves and laugh.

      I see both of us in heaven,

      where time and space collapse

      and we all are brought together—

      right in each other’s laps—

      letting go the ancient angel

      who divides all groups in two,

      each half saying to the other,

      "We are more elect than you,

      and we’re less divisive, too!"

      We may dwell in hell as well—

      in despair of all release.

      We may spend our mornings mourning

      fleeting periods of peace.

      Hell and heaven may be places

      where the living pitch their tents.

      Both locales will be explored

      in our joint enlightenment.

      With your kind consent,

      I now present

      the contents of my table,

      having set aside the gauntlet

      of the table of my contents.

      I would rather not encourage

      scattered browsing of my words.

      I suggest

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