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Absolute science and art of being whole             at one and under no delusion that                         mankind (or nature) give a ****                                     whether you amount                                                 to something or not.                                                             Narrowed down                                                                         nothing nothing but matter matters, matter, content             of life (serious, love it) hate                         death, for the hell of it, to                                     see what it's like in                                                 the heart of                                                             darkness. Deeper and deeper I go             but who would bother to **** me                         or love me? Belonging to the drums                                     of wooful war I                                                 woof and bay like                                                             every other                                                                         dog. Down I go to the depths of material life             the material is spirit wrought                         by the material world. The                                     drum and jet plane                                                 the bird and sumac                                                             the pollen                                                                         seed. No answer is forthcoming for the young fool             importunes to ask too frequently                         the fool's question. What                                     is my next move. He                                                 steps lightly and does                                                             not seem to care                                                                         quite where.                                                                                     The material world is reality, my friend             and sadness is the spiritual root                         without which the love-nut                                     may be reached only                                                 by stretching                                                             the emotions                                                                         bare raw, where desert delights exhibit             movement in the sunlit light. Where                         none find their way                                     without following leaders                                                 sometimes the wrong way.                                                             The path                                                                         is apart from the dance or the dancer who             cutting cross country laughs                         at his perennial fright of being                                     caught outdoors, out of sight                                                 alone with the wind and rain                                                             for days on end                                                                         in hiding.                                                                                     Up on the roof, the telephone ringing,             books getting delivered to the library free,                         gratis, no fire, no flood                                     a meager understanding                                                 of what rolls                                                             the earth.                                                                         Gravity rolls the earth (and may sometimes rock it)             each of us achieving the gravity of a planet                         and pulling the world apart with our loves.                                     Taking existence beyond the limits                                                 set for it, into                                                             the universe                                                                         beyond We went out beyond the surf             into the adirondack of trees waiting,                         wanting nothing, mountains                                     wanting to grow slowly.
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Aug 8, 2015
Aug 8, 2015 at 5:06 PM UTC
Material Life
Absolute science and art of being whole             at one and under no delusion that                         mankind (or nature) give a ****                                     whether you amount                                                 to something or not.                                                             Narrowed down                                                                         nothing nothing but matter matters, matter, content             of life (serious, love it) hate                         death, for the hell of it, to                                     see what it's like in                                                 the heart of                                                             darkness. Deeper and deeper I go             but who would bother to **** me                         or love me? Belonging to the drums                                     of wooful war I                                                 woof and bay like                                                             every other                                                                         dog. Down I go to the depths of material life             the material is spirit wrought                         by the material world. The                                     drum and jet plane                                                 the bird and sumac                                                             the pollen                                                                         seed. No answer is forthcoming for the young fool             importunes to ask too frequently                         the fool's question. What                                     is my next move. He                                                 steps lightly and does                                                             not seem to care                                                                         quite where.                                                                                     The material world is reality, my friend             and sadness is the spiritual root                         without which the love-nut                                     may be reached only                                                 by stretching                                                             the emotions                                                                         bare raw, where desert delights exhibit             movement in the sunlit light. Where                         none find their way                                     without following leaders                                                 sometimes the wrong way.                                                             The path                                                                         is apart from the dance or the dancer who             cutting cross country laughs                         at his perennial fright of being                                     caught outdoors, out of sight                                                 alone with the wind and rain                                                             for days on end                                                                         in hiding.                                                                                     Up on the roof, the telephone ringing,             books getting delivered to the library free,                         gratis, no fire, no flood                                     a meager understanding                                                 of what rolls                                                             the earth.                                                                         Gravity rolls the earth (and may sometimes rock it)             each of us achieving the gravity of a planet                         and pulling the world apart with our loves.                                     Taking existence beyond the limits                                                 set for it, into                                                             the universe                                                                         beyond We went out beyond the surf             into the adirondack of trees waiting,                         wanting nothing, mountains                                     wanting to grow slowly.
robert-ronnow
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Aug 8, 2015
Aug 8, 2015 at 5:06 PM UTC
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