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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..


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