Roman numeral thirteen:
How speedy is the process of evolution?
Darwin's diversification is slow

How many believers are there?
Or, are they familiar with the white rat?

No end to the beginning
No beginning to the end

Camouflaged against the mellow bark of the tree trunk
Appearance suddenly allows a moment of escape
Depending on what you're looking at
And then what happens is

on and on
gnosis, nonsense, beautiful

& The Question
which
is not really a question at all
rather an invitation to an event
to draw it all back

with awe, laughter and fear
Mimicry is not camouflage

All reflections of myth
are visible in the living narrative of experience
punctuated by an absurd humor
infused with timeless moments
in which we glance upon
illumination, ecstasy, madness

very near yet very far