The Way of Things
Things start out simple, plain,
Get more complex.
All things start out minus blame,
Get more corrupt:
[It is] the way of things.
Non-beings, beings,
Gases, minerals, to stones
To seas become-an-earth
With complex life forms:
Trilobite,
Shells carbonate and calcium;
The oldest animal
That swam, then crawled,
That walked, then talked → become-the-us!
Take note and make a list:
Life, rocks so meshed, entwisted
They transformed the whole: this planet.
**** to hut to trade and product;
Industry and change of climate
(As we’re doing now, this minute)
Down to up and down again!
A long way either way. But then,
It is the way of things.
The Way Of Things 8.29.2016
Our Times, Our Culture II; Nature Of & In Reality;
Arlene Corwin
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016 at 2:49 PM UTC
The Way of Things
Things start out simple, plain,
Get more complex.
All things start out minus blame,
Get more corrupt:
[It is] the way of things.
Non-beings, beings,
Gases, minerals, to stones
To seas become-an-earth
With complex life forms:
Trilobite,
Shells carbonate and calcium;
The oldest animal
That swam, then crawled,
That walked, then talked → become-the-us!
Take note and make a list:
Life, rocks so meshed, entwisted
They transformed the whole: this planet.
**** to hut to trade and product;
Industry and change of climate
(As we’re doing now, this minute)
Down to up and down again!
A long way either way. But then,
It is the way of things.
The Way Of Things 8.29.2016
Our Times, Our Culture II; Nature Of & In Reality;
Arlene Corwin