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Only Dream: alcaics

I cannot seek for infinite solutions, spend endless hours harboring discussion, just lurking in some thoughtful quagmire, patiently awaiting final judgment. How vain to think such artifice delivers a useful purpose, meaningful salvation, the precious jewel for reason’s scepter dispensing … Continue reading

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Butterfly Wing: an alcaic

The smallest gesture multiplies instantly: a careless murmur, effortless whispering, with armor piercing force, it thunders; delicate palimpsests shudder, helpless. The silence of an infinite solitude, in just an instant, changes its character; and shouting, loses shape and substance, wallowing … Continue reading

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Abandon This Garbage: alcaics

Oh wisdom seeking mendicant travelers, your baggage and burdens are troubling handicaps; they will not help you on your journey. Abandon this garbage by the roadside. If you would find some unforeseen adventure, let drop your jaded world-weary illusions; you … Continue reading

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Allness of Everything: alcaics

In seeking out the allness of everything (a journey full of critical posturing that makes our baggage less intrusive) listening silently guides each footfall. Each minute’s chat, each garrulous dialogue, that nervous banter drowning the emptiness of what the world … Continue reading

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Speak Low: an alcaic

If someone listens intently, patiently for something beyond audible sensation each moment becomes sacred silence embracing the hearer into being If someone watches quietly, carefully for something behind visible perceptions each vista becomes secret beauty embracing the viewer into making … Continue reading

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