Wednesday, January 27, 2021

13,378. DECLINE LIKE ARCHIMEDES

 DECLINE LIKE ARCHIMEDES
Am I through, or am I screwed? Either
way my sails have lost their ballooning.
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The fast lane is the slow lane surpassed.
One absorbs the other, as I see it. Even
if not present, it is still there.
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My, my, how well you've painted your
yellow house  -  the steps are charted
in mossy green. Lichens gather along
the top. Do you have any idea how old
they must be? Liches are the oldest forms
of life we have. This world's a wonder...
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In spite of itself. Two hundred years ago
people thought lichens  -  which grow on
bare rock without evident nourishment or
production of seeds, were stones caught
in the process of becoming plants.

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