Photograph courtesy of Kirstie Watson
As the sun begins to set in the west,
dark eyes greet the skies in a wish for the best —
dreams that may drift into this time and space;
visions that speak of a future someplace.
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From a mountain high in the midst of life,
she sees herself as a motherly wife;
a daughter, a sister, a friend she is, too.
The Great Spirit knows what she has been through.
Headlines: Dogma Chases Catastrophic Consequences
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Uncle Tree’s dastardly dilemma for the day consisted of an unwanted guest and a broken down communication device. Deciding not to dwell on the current demands made by the hard-of-hearing, he spent most of the afternoon hours contemplating, or mulling over, several conspicuous and altogether concocted trivial pursuits originating in, and entirely coordinated by the meandering mind of man.
This is my honest confession
of a down-to-earth possession
that lasted only a minute
yet there be magic within it
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No way do the odds favor chance
when The Fates oblige you to dance
My eyes beheld no illusion
These ears did hear this intrusion
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Mars
mellows over misty marsh fires
Snow
flakes having creamy ice desires
Water
flowers up until the grapes sour
Fireflies
glow like a-waaay the hour
Butterflies
touch and go as time expires
Rainbows
connect to form a kiss in space wires
Creation
bursts forth on radiant light beams
Creatures
come to grow alike, or so it seems
.
Choices can be black or white
for each dog gets one day
Yes & No — both come to fight
the shady side of grey
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Colours blend inside a rainbow
Flats and sharps are sublime
Every answer has a shadow
Close counts some of the time!
∞
So make your rules with this in mind
remember who they’re for
Imperfekt humans halfway blind
will often choose the wrong door
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She’d call me into the parlor
to come and sit by her side
I always knew what she wanted
the joy that came from her pride
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Mother alone possessed the keys
caught off-guard by her fingers
The chopsticks, I’d play from her knees
Still the memory lingers…
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Rummaging through billions of brain cells in a million cluttered closets just now,
feeling the pressure of a pressing situation that needed to be quickly resolved,
I, the one with the question, found myself being attracted to a cluster of certainty.
Luckily for me, my answer was all in a bunch. Therefore, I picked it out.
I made a decision. I made a choice. I made up my mind.
Or did I?
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The butterfly soars way over our heads
It has no intention of ever reaching the stars
Or of becoming one
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The earthworm digs deep under our feet
It knows better than to think, that someday
it might just reach the center
and find itself
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Man amuses himself with challenges
due to circumstances
then he experiments
.
God experiments with Man
and challenges His amusements
regardless of the circumstances
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According to the highest intelligence resources in the land,
(The Underground Secret Service Agency)
Citizen Tree will soon be headed to the front lines to help
secure and defend the world against the return of dusty notions.
The sharpened hedges are no longer able to hold back the
advancing lame ideas, as they are armed with the memes
and ways of suicidal tendencies. These renegade impostors,
covered and concealed as they are under camouflaged truths,
have rendered non-stop havoc as they infiltrate one college
campus after another. All across the country this battle unfolds,
exposing us to dumbfounded wrinkles that defy ironing out.
In its entirety, the hope of our nation now relies on the
strengths and abilities of Trooper Tree’s knowledge. Will he be up
to the test? Can he, Private Tree, loaded down as he is with
branched off armies and square roots that stretch for miles,
can he, indeed, save us all from wallowing in the deposited filth
produced by our own evil ways, bad habits, and fictitious fancies?
Let us pray.
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(Written in response to Mariana’s comment #7 in, “Born To Dust”)
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Body is tree of enlightenment, mind like a clear mirror stand;
time & gain wipe it diligently, don’t let it gather dust! Shenxiu
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Enlightenment’s basically no tree, clear mirror no stand.
Fundamentally there’s no single thing! Where can dust collect? Huineng
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Retort to Shenxiu and Huineng
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Dust
densely packed
allows tree to stand upright
Covered with mud
in the depths of my soul
remnants of the sun’s radiance
Fundamentally, it is
clear to the heavens
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Uncle Tree
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