The soul selects her own society,
Then shuts the door; On her divine
majority Obtrude no more. Unmoved,
she notes the chariot's pausing At her
low gate; Unmoved, an emperor is
kneeling Upon her mat. I've known
her from an ample nation Choose one;
Then close the valves of her attention
Like stone.
(Emily Dickinson: reformatted)
I hate everybody & everyone
A given, I claim: comes with the
territory of Being. My original
spin.
That’s the explanation (apologetic)
for all my discrepancies & resistances
inconsistencies and language “problems’
I generate amongst my selves. Bumper
cars & Beep Beep traffic.
But IT can’t be said.
I can’t stand up in caucus and forum
and church service & declare:
Look: I l hate everybody & everyone
and that explains my confusion &
cover-up & hypocrisy & exclusiveness
& mis-communication & necessary
deceptions & games-man-ship & why
I am always having such a hard time
getting on the same page so to speak
let alone Just Getting Along.
Because I hate each other.
Naturally.
Go ahead: improve my terms, soften,
euphemize – make it sound more
acceptable to the post-modern mind,
Oprah and Dr. Phil I’m just describing
here. Not judging. The judgment rises
out of the denial and cover-up.
WHAT, hate YOU?
Of course not.
I love you.
Well—like you a lot.
A little. Somewhat
(Got to: it's politically correct.)
Etc.
I fool around with this notion, put it in
play and see how clarifies a lot about
communication & the play and
of language. My anguish.
My whine. My aims and
goals and measurable
outcomes.
It’s a profound truth:
I hate each other; I could say it in
other words if hate’s too strong.
Go for weaker tea then: try "resist,"
"antagonize" "block," “separate” and
also protect, cherish my individuality,
uniqueness, all one-ness.
Fundamental.
My Homeland Security: no aliens please,
immigrants, all others, anti-else's &
foreigners, no Not-I's need apply.
Neils Bohr (Nobel Physicist ) claims
”The opposite of a profound truth is
another profound truth. “
I love everybody and everyone and so
I presume we love everyone and everybody.
Right there: I like the sound of that profound
truth much better. See—that’s the problem
Accentuating the positive. Bias toward
community and Just Get Along at the
expense of ME, MySELF & I.
One truth I love.
The other truth I hate.
Can you see how this generates
problems in communication?
xxxooo, Sam
Always bringing up profound truths
ReplyDeletepick a side and stop searching
let it come
it walks, lurking to find you
is that okay to say?
I know it can be seen that way
but will you pick a side
a side that you support fully
or have you already done that
and not seen it yet?
It's good to recognize the enemy
Jesus, love them all
yet pick a place to stand
seeing it all is like standing in quick sand
you stand, sinking in time, you sink, thinking about it all
standing on our own truths
the others matter, but matter very little
the same with profound truths
one suits
give the other the boot.
Nothing wrong with doing that. Truth?
Sit on a fence and watch the action on both sides, across the aisles; stay sober at a cocktail party--designated driver watching the hilarity rise to fever pitch. Jane Goodall loving the chimps.
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