4998. MT. PALOMAR

MT. PALOMAR

You've really got to hand it to the men with 

the lenses  -  they've seen what they claim 

is the cosmos at large. I believe them, sure. 

But they've forgotten one thing : and when 

I say ONE I mean it in that same cosmic sense;

for there is no one thing, and now they know it.

Such a number is false and the only unity this

Life has is the multi-faceted turning with which

it glows -  everything is churning. That same

dense richness is how Cain slew Abel and 

Daniel went through his lion's den. 

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Now they say it's proven, we are. They claim 

to see beyond their ides of star and place and 

time  and meaning. well good for them why 

don't they state it -   unequivocally, and stun 

the world for its own fat moment. I saw all 

that long, long ago, and I'm still here  -  like 

the jet age yet streaming, like the smoke from 

my tea and  the steam from my coffee. I watch 

the vacant swing in the park. Slowly, 

atmospherically, without anyone there 

at all, it moves of its own accord.