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telos mundi

“I’m sort of glad they’ve got the atomic bomb invented. If there’s ever another war, I’m going to sit right the hell on top of it. I’ll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.”

 

--The Catcher In The Rye, J. D. Salinger

 

back down

face up

sun shine on

lung implosion

 

the bluffs

are anglin’

countdown’s on

to brain explosion

 

air lift

in flight

midrift contortion

 

turn back

the clock

time stop distortion

 

stand fast

stay loose

dukes up

no gloves stay on

🌷(6)

◄ shrine

still mountain ►

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Landi Cruz

Mon 10th Mar 2025 19:51

"I was once travelling in the desert in India. I travelled for over a month and always found the most beautiful landscapes before me, beautiful lakes and all that. One day I was very thirsty and I wanted to have a drink at one of these lakes; but when I approached that lake it vanished. Immediately with a blow came into my brain the idea that this was a mirage about which I had read all my life; and then I remembered and smiled at my folly, that for the last month all the beautiful landscapes and lakes I had been seeing were this mirage, but I could not distinguish them then. The next morning I again began my march; there was the lake and the landscape, but with it immediately came the idea, “This is a mirage.” Once known it had lost its power of illusion. So this illusion of the universe will break one day. The whole of this will vanish, melt away. This is realisation."

--Swami Vivekananda

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Landi Cruz

Mon 10th Mar 2025 18:37

yep...

..too much noise.

That's why I don't leave home without my hearing protection, literally.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, David )

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David RL Moore

Mon 10th Mar 2025 09:21

In the chaos of tumultous times everyone knows what they would do but no-one knows what we should do, it's just a cocophony of noise.

Only the weapons seem to know their purpose.

David RL Moore

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