Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Here's one called My Human Condition

My Human Condition

Total soul eclipse
As I stuff myself with toys
And the sugary
Dollops, diversions
Of my own greedy senses,

Yet the dry desert
Of avoiding things
Builds toward an explosion
I just cannot stop.

Why then is it so
The middle way is slicker,
More slippery than
My poor toes can grip
And I slide to either side
Again and again?

December 31, 2008 1:54 PM

22 comments:

  1. Balance is so hard. How do cats do it? High up on a tree limb?

    "total soul eclipse"
    I am trying to imagine you in that spot, but don't see it.

    Maybe your toes grasp better than you realize:)

    Monkey toes:) (I have been called that in the past because I often pick things up with my feet so I don't have to bend over -- bad back at times)

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  2. Heh...There are sooo many things you don't see about me as I sneak about...:))

    While only sympathetically true now, I was once an outlaw...

    I am way in favor of monkey toes, wish I had 'em.

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  3. I can see you as an outlaw;) I just can't see your soul eclipsed -- though I guess an eclipse is temporary in nature...so maybe...It is just now -- where you are now -- your soul seems to be shining brightly:)

    My father once told me that when he was young, he had to pick up marbles with his toes as a cure for being flat-footed. I don't think it worked, and he certainly resented doing it! :)

    Hope your day is going well.

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  4. tick... tock
    tick... tock
    and i grow up...

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  5. Ahhh, just life as usual :)

    Moderation and balance....snort!

    xxx

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  6. HB, indeed time passes, but I heard one year of experience ten times does not equal ten years of experience. I bet I am not the only one who avoided growing up more than once.

    Michelle, love your snorts.

    Faith, heh. Thanks for your faith in me. :)

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  7. Are you sliding towards the things you wish to avoid? Or just slipping inelegantly on the banana peels of life?

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  8. Rachel, oh yes...yes,yes. Or no. Faith is having trouble with my total soul eclipse. But eclipses don't last very long. Or maybe sometimes they doo000. Damn. I am having trouble being serious and this is serious. Only the first prerequisite of enlightenment is to lighten up. Fiddlededee.

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  9. the gray's message was largely undecipherable..... but there was some garbled part.....something about "covered in sugar".... and someone called "gingerbread man".....i think they were referring to you....

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  10. Oh dear! Feast of famine, binge or purge, yo or yo...

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  11. 'why then is it so'
    indeed christopher, indeed

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  12. Christopher
    I think you are my favorite outlaw living in disguise as a abider of law
    In any event...love your slip slidding away.
    Linda

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  13. My comment should have said, "feast or famine," not "of" - and I love Linda's comment.

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  14. Hi, Christopher. Sorry I'm not around as much lately. Life is a whirlwind sometimes. It will slow after a while. But I'm still loving what you're doing.

    Like the name of my friend's blog, I'm "balanced on the edge" most days. Yes, it's a slippery place.

    Wonderful poem. The second stanza is so true. Thanks so much for sharing your work!

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  15. Amazing {{{Christopher}}}
    I wonder if that's where i am at?
    I wonder, for you this was a few months ago. Did the slippery slope
    fall away? Did you cross the dry desert? And what was the explosion like:)

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  16. i think the aliens took Christopher away.... he warned me about them.... he had a special relationship.....

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  17. Ah, the aliens...maybe that is okay...

    I was worried he had slipped either into the dry desert or the total eclipse...

    Hope they let you come back soon Christopher;)

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  18. Christopher, I hope you are ok... I was sick and AWOL for a bit, and now you... I hope the aliens are treating you kindly!! :)

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  19. Heeyyyyy....come back!

    I miss you!

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  20. Christopher, I hope you aren't ill again. We're worried about you.

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The chicken crossed the road. That's poultry in motion.


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