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[purblind/waterfall]
. . . let’s pray to see . . .
peoPle
Under-
estimate the Ruin of
Bullheadedness — our rank/
self-aggrandizingLy
insIstent
goNzo-streak
of self-Deceit. hubris weaves a crown of
weeds.
Plangent —
susurroUs
tRickle —
suBterranean
liLt-&-
rIle of our
plaNet’s-life — us so smugly
self-regarDing — we mistake the purpose of a flower.
the piñon Pine
groUp (cembroides)
regaRdless
emBraces
the Leit-
motIf —
compreheNds air/light/what-little-water
— you&i Do not.
Petty —
rUdderless non-
Rhyme —
we boB/a-drift in self-
Limiting
bIgotrIes —
woNder lost to silt/
Dross . . .
dePressed?
bUt
no matteR —
Beauty’s small
pLeasures
bInd — so
keeN/
Deliriously forgetful — a-piece with our planet’s tilt/spin?
. . . (it’s not nearly enough) . . . now if only we could apprehend — completely —
arbor • insect • crested-hill — the ever-rotting-mass. weighted sandy-grit of ocean floor
— our multitudinous-soul. this aware-fecund-earth/magma-at-the-core — that loaded star —
happenstance our excitation within the still and gyrating dark.
. . . let’s pray to see . . .
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