| LINKS | the point | music | infinity exhibit | VERSE... | Haiku | required understanding | Absolutely Nothing | transience | something to leave with |
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true straight swaying with the wind up again reckless flight soaring then dive rest again and sleep
bareness stripped nothing left to reveal slow talk fast thought process beauty hand out joyful smile around corners life cartoon cracks life falls open forever reaching daily voice inner relations never timeless open can open past voices whisper above crowd and yet still unheard careening with blank slate speaks loud verbs imagination faster around struggle in lead fall back pieces aware simple toy machine easy chair trip never relation inner voices daily singing loud our laughter resonates above the noise simply sing glance lifted by a breath shortened normality once again spring forth faultless guiltless listlessly falling according to plan |
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a man looks within himself and finds he has lost his soul. he feels pointless, disgusted with his animal impulses, bitter furious. he turns to others, but they abuse him or betray him. he examines authority and sees only cruelty and corruption; he cannot feel any faith. he lashes out, but that brings no satisfaction. he seeks oblivion, but stops short of suicide. in the end he decides simply to endure. if life is purgatory at least the pain is real. copyright peter martin, 2000 |