Humanity’s children
Humanity’s children
are like gods to us
unknown and known
:- Doug.
Story has a longer touch
than do we
garden Gilgamesh Odysseus
:- Doug.
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In a plaited world
In a plaited world
all causes inter-weave
no story changes humanity
the fabric our species weaves
requires every thread
:- Doug.
Won’t read when I retire?
If I say I won’t read my work subjects when I retire, what does that say about the quality of the work I am doing?
:- Doug.
I try not to have goals
I try to not have goals
to move beyond outcomes
—short sight—
to with
for the sake of with
:- Doug.
Setting out to serve
Setting out to serve
humanity’s grandchildren
we know not
what and whom
we will meet
:- Doug.
People who see life
You are people who see life
in all its current and long-term assets,
all its trial balances,
and can suggest adjustments
Might you just be poets, too?
You dance with the numbers
The numbers sing to you
This is poetry
You see things they do not
perhaps cannot see
until you point it out
constellation in the night sky
this is poetry
How do you bring
an open heart
to your work?
this is poetry
You remember
who we are
as humans
this is poetry
:- Doug.
Serving grandchildren
Maybe we’re not changing the world. Maybe we’re not engendering a better humanity. Maybe we are serving the grandchildren of humanity.
:- Doug.
Why a compact space station?
With all of space all about, why is the space station built so compactly?
:- Doug.
Poets, too?
Poets are people who take a longer view.
You are people who see life in all its current and long-term assets, all its trial balances, and can suggest adjusting entries. Might you just be poets, too?
:- Doug.
will not know when
In this work
we will not know
when we have arrived
for when
are we human?
:- Doug.
