Thursday, September 3, 2009

Es Gibt

And so we pretend to talk
as we walk forward toward nowhere,
footing the bill for all in coin of the realm,
whelmed by empty air:
















"At the root of all, a coming into being of not one damned or blessed thing..."

[copyright EAC 09]
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N.B. The Chinese is a line from the Sixth Patriarch, Hui-Neng.

2 comments:

Thorndike Pickledish said...

Do you ever RUSH home to nothing?
and find
IT usually gets there before you do?

I like your poem thanks !
robo

wattee said...

yes! a step ahead!