dr_con Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 the day arrives unexpectedly Con/Jur/d, 4/2/2023 We wish we could tell you how it is to be embodied, the subtle itching, the not-so-subtle chronic and acute feedback loops, how your first time was a surprise a revelation, how meanings became assigned, to what was meant to be only annotations for your interplay with time; how you came to be here where brittle snow flows through pre-dawn streets like a river, yet Caribbean Lobsters remain even now, ignorant of ice and where everything is old, upcycled where you are assembled from previously used parts, harvested from the midden piles of stars We wish, given the paucity of symbols, we could communicate how we wended our way here the “edge Of one of many circles[1],” as the poet said too simple for words or numbers, telling, showing become pointless confabulations, although we share this passage of air the in, the out, the subtle somatics of reading writing and arithmetic Why don’t we give up together? Despite a lack we understand we will get here in the end. ________________ [1] Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Wallace Stevens - 1879-1955 Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Juris, This flowed over me, I almost made it through without having to look up a word. Really, paucity? I love reading your stuff, you challenge me to think and grow. ~~Judi Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Ha, Judyi! The funny thing is I just use some of those words because they feel right and sometimes I need to look them up myself to make sure the way I'm using them is correct and it is most of the time -- Occasionally though I get schooled and I always enjoy it. Why do I remember those words? I don't know. Appreciate the indulgence! -- Juris And for your amusement -- tangentially related: 1 Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Juris, that video is too much! Whenever I take my own vehicle for maintenance, it usually needs a new flux capacitor ... or at least a cadillac convertor! The first stanza is the programming, the second (significant) stanza is the how it should be, the how it is. The end makes me want to give up, too. I think it would be okay. Tony 1 Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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