poem\/essay by Brian Glaser<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1.<\/p>\n
The source of wisdom in you<\/p>\n
cannot be exhausted by your limbs<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
nor by the tongue in your mouth.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If you seek to exhaust it,<\/p>\n
loss will resound like laughter,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
laughter only you understand.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If you trust yourself, truly,<\/p>\n
you may be remembered for many generations\u2014<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the source of wisdom in you<\/p>\n
is laughter at laughter,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
autumn, a young gardener at dusk.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
2.<\/p>\n
Anger<\/p>\n
is like honey.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It keeps forever;<\/p>\n
it rewards you.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Mind-way accepts anger,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
it does not ask it to be<\/p>\n
the uroboros,\u2014<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
we breathe with two lungs,<\/p>\n
one mouth,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
two nostrils,<\/p>\n
one body.<\/p>\n
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3.<\/p>\n
Origins:<\/p>\n
redwoods in memory,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
their loneliness<\/p>\n
among so many of their kind.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
What is your question<\/p>\n
for life?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So many choose<\/p>\n
to leave the universe<\/p>\n
as they found it\u2014<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I believe it is their choice,\u2014<\/p>\n
to listen.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
4.<\/p>\n
The experience of giving up\u2014<\/p>\n
white shirt,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
white flag.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The song of experience<\/p>\n
is like a zombie\u2019s cataract.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Lay it to rest,<\/p>\n
the sack of this word.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Children will learn on instruments<\/p>\n
yet unmade.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The dance of madness<\/p>\n
is like a distant wind\u2014<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
to experience<\/p>\n
the intimate freedom of infinite space.<\/p>\n
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5.<\/p>\n
Mirror in mirror:<\/p>\n
Spiegel im Spiegel\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n to live without teleology,<\/p>\n if you are able\u2014<\/p>\n <\/p>\n inner destiny.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s different,<\/p>\n they assured me,<\/p>\n the survivors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Neither better nor worse.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The sky in a coffin,<\/p>\n the ethical sunflower,\u2014<\/p>\n <\/p>\n laughter at laughter,<\/p>\n a young gardener at dusk.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 6.<\/p>\n On principle\u2014<\/p>\n the sewn seams you loved<\/p>\n <\/p>\n in your childhood blanket,<\/p>\n opal, microtextured,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the smallest sensory pleasures<\/p>\n at the soft tips<\/p>\n <\/p>\n of your fingers,<\/p>\n ridges and edges\u2014<\/p>\n <\/p>\n keep your love of principles<\/p>\n close to you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 7.<\/p>\n Young man,<\/p>\n they wanted you to be the best<\/p>\n <\/p>\n so they could come for you<\/p>\n <\/p>\n with their imagination<\/p>\n like a syndicate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It takes others<\/p>\n to make one the best.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What age wants from youth,<\/p>\n a fibrous fire.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don\u2019t be afraid to be the best\u2014<\/p>\n <\/p>\n slender reed,<\/p>\n that bit, ever better.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" poem\/essay by Brian Glaser 1. The source of wisdom in you cannot be exhausted by your limbs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1452,77],"tags":[1481,1453,1123],"class_list":["post-13428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egophobia-66","category-english","tag-brian-glaser","tag-egophobia-66","tag-english"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-3uA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13429,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13428\/revisions\/13429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}