WAY PAST SEMANTICS
If you go too far past the canyon
the river turns to glacial mud and
then hot lava. It's the original 'River
of No Return' - what the natives
called 'Re Rondo Capo Tanta' -
which in their language meant
more like 'Too late for turning
back now.' In a colloquial sense..
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Nature people, and natives, and all
that - I always enjoyed their myths.
Phoenix-bird stories of rebirth after
death, men who shed their skins to
bring redemption to others; the
fire-bird rising from a heap in the
ashes to retake the world for humans
again. Why any of this would ever
happen, I never knew.
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Nor did I know where these tales
ever came from. Origination itself.
It's a powerful myth - the world
on the back of a tortoise; winged
chariots dragging the Sun across
the same tired sky, day after day.
Ad infnitum, and what is Time
anyway? The one thing I ended
up sure of - if you're wondering -
was the certainty that every question,
of whatever sort, originates five more
questions, needing answers too.
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Now that's infinity to me!
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