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Anarchy
The greatest mastery of self
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is to do nothing.
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We are doers
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programmed to do,
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to solve, to b
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There's a sense in which
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I could be anywhere—
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everywhere is the same
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as here.
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Comfort
Comfort's embrace is
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false and choking.
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The masses gag in
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their sleep, subdued
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by its silken
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Gravity
Here is an exercise
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to help you learn a little bit
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more about where we are
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and what acts on us
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Refuge
Her rib cage splayed
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and knees felled away
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from each other,
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she lay as a refuge,
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an invitati
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Winter Camp
Jar lids pop
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snow sheets slide
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pitch pockets snap
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water kettle groans
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First light exposes /
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The Things We Carry
I must learn
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to travel lighter.
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Far Away
I was looking into his
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eyes and he into mine
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yet I couldn't tell if he
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was seeing me
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He drew
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Accumulation
Information is weight that holds
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down and holds back like a jungle
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like so many vines and chutes
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Traveller
Steps from Nowhere
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leading to Nothing
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cannot be retraced.
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