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collected reserve

scattered with the wind again

nothing left but what

 

 

nothing left but what

might be described too offal

gutsy or gutted

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gutsy or gutted

like images in a ching throw

all returns to way

 

 

all returns to way

curds and whey on way to cheese

all comes by the way

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all returns to way

curds and whey on way to cheese

all comes by the way

 

all comes by the way

like footfalls in the darkness

striking my own han

 

("The han is a wooden board struck with a mallet to announce the beginning meditation in Zen monasteries", from buddhism.about)

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all comes by the way

like footfalls in the darkness

striking my own han

 

("The han is a wooden board struck with a mallet to announce the beginning meditation in Zen monasteries", from buddhism.about)

 

striking my own han

no one enters empty room

thousand year's waiting

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thousand year's waiting

for the singing bowl to ring

now i fill this room

 

now i fill this room

I need a stricter diet

if I want to leave.

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now i fill this room

I need a stricter diet

if I want to leave.

 

If I want to leave

isn't wanting left waiting?

Old age, sickness, death.

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If I want to leave

isn't wanting left waiting?

Old age, sickness, death.

 

Old age, sickness, death.

there's lots to look forward to

so what's your problem?

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Old age, sickness, death.

there's lots to look forward to

so what's your problem?

 

"So What. Your problem

Is the old human problem."

Yeah but it's still mine!

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Yeah but it's still mine

human angst conditional

there it becomes ours

 

there it becomes ours

in ways better imagined

when description fails

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Yeah but it's still mine

human angst conditional

there it becomes ours

 

there it becomes ours

in ways better imagined

when description fails

 

when description fails

words fall short, the mind races

seek the heart, center

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when description fails

words fall short, the mind races

seek the heart, center

 

 

seek the heart, centre

one's imagination then

open to the flow

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seek the heart, centre

one's imagination then

open to the flow

 

open to the flow

all along the shoreline, salt

singing in the veins

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open to the flow

all along the shoreline, salt

singing in the veins

 

 

singing in the veins

ancient ocean's chemistry

washes through our brains

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singing in the veins

ancient ocean's chemistry

washes through our brains

 

washes through our brains

then bursts like a breaking wave

now we are flotsam.

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washes through our brains

then bursts like a breaking wave

now we are flotsam.

 

now we are flotsam.

when there's flotsam in the flow

jetsam left upstream

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now we are flotsam.

when there's flotsam in the flow

jetsam left upstream

 

 

jetsam left upstream

flotsam disaster's record

our intent or chance

Edited by artform

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jetsam left upstream

flotsam disaster's record

our intent or chance

 

Our Intent, or chance;

two names which claim fates accord,

gust of wind, and sword.

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gust of wind and sword.

chance wind stills as sword whistles

within and without

 

 

within and without

all communicates both ways

webbing ev'ry scale

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within and without

all communicates both ways

webbing ev'ry scale

 

webbing ev'ry scale

shows as above so below,

weaving at the loom.

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webbing ev'ry scale

shows as above so below,

weaving at the loom.

 

 

weaving at the loom

threads of neurochemistry

and quantum Dao strands

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weaving at the loom

threads of neurochemistry

and quantum Dao strands

 

and quantum Dao strands

dragged by the dark flow towards

the next universe.

 

dark flow

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and quantum Dao strands

dragged by the dark flow towards

the next universe.

 

dark flow

 

the next universe

same as the old universe

don't get fooled again

 

(thanks to apepch7 for the link on "dark flow"- fascinatin')

Edited by Mark Foote

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