Tag: Commentary
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Tui Shou
Tui Shou When practicing push handsI let my hand textures morphThrough soft and ‘sticky’ to limp toLetting my hand-blades spring outLike claws fromCat’s paws for theDecisive bloodless cut My center and bladesFlowing and dominatingThe swirling currentsOf my body’s space/time Embrace –LE
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La Sandunga
La SandungaTempus Quartet Sandunga maimbia touca¡Ay!, Madre por DiosCanto palacer félisCielo de mi corazón Si fiego tan tien tango¡Ay!, Madre por DiosDiran que martí mouertisClaven de mi estimación ¡Ay!, Sandunga, SandungaMamá por DiosSandunga, no seas ingrataMamá de mi corazón¡Ay!, Sandunga, SandungaMamá por DiosSandunga you porti di oroCielo de mi estimación Que de lejos he venido¡Ay!…
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The Future
The Future A wishAn aspirationA dreamOf now Farther alongThe space/timeContinuum An illusionDoes notExist Only now andMemories of‘Nows’ gone by Some recordedRenderedMemories But gone My wishFor the ‘future’Is that nowAllows meThe optimismTo dream of Better ‘nows’ –LE
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Wisdom’s Ancient Wells
Wisdom’s Ancient Wells Wells of wisdom;how many are there,only one? Or One for each culturecivilizationcreed orpersuasion? How many ‘truths’are there? Only one? Who decides?“Whichever interpretationprevails at a given timeis a function of powerand not truth.” –Nietzsche Does it not benefit usto reexamine,rethink our sources,our fundamentals,from time to time,a healthy skepticism tohelp avoid theentropy of hubris?…
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Natural
Natural If we are part of nature… and there’s no real reason to think otherwise,then, what is ‘natural’ and what is not? Isn’t the whole universe ‘natural’,evolved through the ‘laws’ of its existential nature? Then, intelligence and ‘artifice’ in all their formsare also part of nature, and natural. So, what is ‘natural’ and what is…
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Cassandra
Cassandra How manyCassandrasWill it takeTo makeThe inevitableBelievable –LE – 9/20/26 PS: Cassandra accurately predicted the fall of Troy to the Greeks, the Trojan Horse, and Agamemnon’s murder by his wife and her lover… according to Euripides and Homer…
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Security or Adventure?
Security or Adventure? Well… everybody knows…That there’s no such thingAs ‘securtiy’A con-man’s illusionHis/her mark’s delusion So, it’s adventure thenAs all of life isEven the slow and dullAdventures – tillThe end Where and wheneverThat is –LE
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Better With Age
Better With Age A euphemism forMore expensive There’s wines and cheesesFermented foods out the bejesusAs long as consumedPrior to expiration dates Same for mammals andAll sentient lifeAgain, prior to theirExpiration dates Human intellect and wisdomIf not algorithm-siloedDistorted beyond normalHuman decency and respect But these all haveExpiration datesAge generally improves themTill then … If they exceed…
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Salvation? Profound Rest?
Salvation? Profound Rest? too many bemoantheir experiencesand hardshipsas ifthey played norole in the twistsand turns thehighs and lowsof their lives while lives unfoldjust as they mustbased on the ‘luck’of times and placesof our births our complicityin and withspace-time currentsseals the dealultimately our salvationis acceptanceand patiencesatisfaction withwhat we’ve attemptedand achieved withcontinuing effortsto improve withthe certaintyit’s enough…
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Bygone Friends And Lovers
Bygone Friends And Lovers The muddy and oftenwildflower-strewn paths,sometimes withbroken glass,of friends and loverscome and go,cross, converge,then frequently di – verge. But I remember them fondlyone and all,hoping they’ve foundtheir desiresand their peace,even though it’snot with me,was probablynever meant to be,c’est la vie. –LE PS: Would-a-should-a-could-a(s) are a waste of time, conscience, and creative energy……
