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Rag Rah Rah
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NEVERMORE .
Suddenly in a fog,
the clouds dissolve
and clarity. No really
bad grief any longer,
the usual always there
in a mosaic of why not
another way to stay
alive.
.
Joyous times are post
all the now moments,
off stage there are spectres
decaded, neatly stacked
horror to greater horrors
just there in omnipresent
desperation.
.
Everyone going where
their life leads, no choices
except worklife and distraction,
homelife, celebrations,
holidays, the occasional funeral.
.
This is how we live,
never satiated, dying seeking,
living wanting, always hording
calling it legacy as civilization.
.
Lady A
.
A striking recap of what it
A striking recap of what it comes down to. Every line clicked perfectly into my own experience, but with a witty, perceptive clarity that I found comforting. When all is said and done it's "a mosaic of why not/ another way to stay/ alive."
You spoke for so many people (OK, maybe there's a sheltered monk or two in the Himalayas who never experienced this) when you wrote:
"This is how we live,
never satiated, dying seeking,
living wanting, always hording
calling it legacy as civilization."
Life's inventory, written with rare honesty and brilliance.
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