13 FORTUNES: A COUPLET OF CUT-UP POETRY
Jackson Rushdie
A Soothe of Monsters
You may choose to escape
your life,
cast away your world
to succeed you go
without light, no shadow will be cast
your talent would be
suitably rewarded
a contemplative nature
for
the only person in the world
but
a person you love
something you recognise
one wonderful
detail
a display of love and affection
charm and courtesy
and
you are happy
happy
a candle for the night
to warn
something may choose to eat you
you may choose to find a way to escape
but
this is no choice of yours
for nature is a display
of light and shadow
one will succeed
one, cast to the night
no one escapes nature
the wisdom of the world
for life to eat life
to succeed
no peaceful display, but a wonderful one
your talents to find something to eat,
you will be suitably rewarded. be
analytical, budget your good nature, cast out
your affection
but you are one with your nature
you recognised the shadow
cast with the candle
is good, a contemplative light
the wisdom to love that light
to charm the shadow
will turn your attention within
to find a peaceful life
with a good plan, you would make a good life
something with charm, a lawyer?
no, but your talents will be recognised, rewarded
you stay present, no detail escapes your attention
you would make a contemplative person
happy with, happy without
you make your way in the world
in love with the present
but, the present is a courtesy
your attention escapes the present, to
make plans. Stay present, find a way to
choose the present.
plans, life is plans, plans plans
no plans in nature
no plans but to eat
to eat is to be present
to eat, is a love
this love, to eat, to succeed,
the night we would make, to be present
would this be a good life,
a world you would love?
A night with no shadow..
THE FORTUNES
Fortunes from Hong Sing Foo Fortunes Cookies
Jackson “Jackie Belle” Rushe is an author, poet, and artist from sleepy, little Adelaide. He moved to Sydney and now considers himself a man of the world. He likes to experiment with form and content in different mediums, with lofty goals for his literature and his travels; he often says, Icarus didn’t go hard enough.
