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Mantra and Commentary

4/17/2002 - Sunday Sundries

Con/Jur/d

Apr 17, 2022

Mantra with Commentary
Con/Jur/d, 4/15/2022

This NOW
is
the rest
of your
life

COMMENTARY:

By the time/ opened/ the camera/aligned the shot/ last seasons/ whirlwind of maple leaves/ were still/ lifeless in the dry gutter/ after last night’s/ Spring rains

POEM:

Due to the influence of trees

Because our parents
liked trees, we spent
a great deal of time
in forests growing up
pulled in 2 directions
the undergrowth and
the canopy, since we
were expected to
garden and climb.

I wish I could tell those
brothers and communicate
to my daughter, plus
the helix lineage
this one Truth (possibly, Law)

This Now is the rest
of your life,
to make it a mantra
a sewable patch,
a bumper sticker,
and to treat it like
a tatoo

to live and die
by this 
has consequences,
of course, ignoring it
does too

Well, y’all wanted to mention an astonishing article/substack I read the other day — After reading it I went on my Spring beginners jogging in the cemetery, and the Mantra appeared — from any angle, it seems to hold true. I’m not blaming Lawerence, it’s probably just a straw fox fallacy. But if you want to read it, indulge below

Wondercabinet

April 14, 2022 : Issue #14

WONDERCABINET : Lawrence Weschler’s Fortnightly Compendium of the Miscellaneous Diverse WELCOME! This week, as we round the corner on this five-part All That is Solid convergent taxonomical exercise, we’ll start out with a general recap to help get everyone back up to speed before launching into Part Four, which will focus on the sorts of things that h…

a year ago · 2 likes · Lawrence Weschler

Much love,

Con/Jur/d, 4/15/2022