Subtitle

A CONFLUENCE OF DAYS, WEEKS AND YEARS

by Jonathan Vold

Tuesday, April 19

Ecumenical Mantra, Part 1

from Walled Gardens

Sew no purse,
Tear no veil,
Lick no plate,
Buy no flattery.

See no colors, make no claims.
Look past form, shape and shade,
Everything defined in terms
Of evil, good, black and white,

But let the air be hot and wet,
Let the earth feel cold and dry.
Let there be no contradiction.
Fire is hot and water wet,
Everything defined;
Fire dry and water cold
For all Eternity, and yet
Without the quintessential word
Laying down Eternity
Everything is argument
And all things contradict.

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