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(quanta) double:binary {at:one:ment}
by Richard Paez
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one black eye,
one white eye
both focusing
on one vision
(straining to see
in opposite
yet parallel
directions)
how to put this in perspective?
my two-dimensional plane
multiplied
by two vanishing-points
yields
the three-dimensional
(past-and-future)-present
of my double:binary DNA
{what was it that Buddha said
at the moment of enlightenment?}
no:thing
{how to learn from example
from within this womb?}
one inky eye strains to see light
one milky eye strains to see dark
(yet somehow i know)
the one-vision of enlightenment
can only be seen
through the third-eye
of at:one:ment
{i must reach into the shadows}
{in:form and in:spire}
{confront my inner devils}
{become my inner angels}
{devour the god within}
{in:form and in:spire}
{let go of definitions}
{become in:vulnerable}
{in my im:mortality}
{in:form and in:spire}
{look within}
{reach into the shadows}
{and}
{peel away the scabs of culture and knowledge : reveal the new skin underneath : my new, translucent and permeable skin : unlock the code : uncurl the double:binary : free myself from definitions : let go of definitions : give in to the contractions : give birth to my new self : give birth to my new, translucent self : my new and permeable self : and learn to let go : let go : let go : let go : let go : let go : let go}
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11/23/2002 Author's Note:
In:spired by Tool's {46+2} and {third eye}.
This will remain in the library for now, until I decide which folder it belongs in.
Posted on 11/23/2002
Copyright © 2024 Richard Paez
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by JD Clay on 11/24/02 at 06:19 AM This is truly amazing malachi. The spiritual realm has set the tone while the physical is left to play catch up. If my math is correct, I'd say you are well on your way to understanding. The next step would then be to shift from knowing to being. I like your style and your wonderful dramatization. Peace... |
| Posted by Bethany Lee on 11/24/02 at 03:13 PM i admire the message in this piece, in that it is your own message...(even though that frightful pic will prbably give me more odd dreams, it fits perfectly though) |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 11/25/02 at 07:12 PM Imagination put to good use. Evocative read, and even a little disturbing including the photo; looks like no eye at all on the embryo's left side. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 11/28/02 at 09:43 PM Eclectic, syncretic perhaps; over my head and out of my grasp! As I said to David P. (I believe), I am a man of simple faith. "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory..." John 1:14 God is relational and can be experienctially known.
Your poem is evocative and thought provoking. |
| Posted by Frankie Sanchez on 01/23/08 at 11:41 PM reminded me of tool's {lateralus}. beautiful word work. the format and color add so much. |
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