Power–inquiry
An elder power—inquiry.
:- Doug.
Word speaks through me
Word is not me becomes me
Nor word nor image—clear
:- Doug.
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Travel in foggy air
Whoever says “I” must always and ever move
I once thought myself solid, now I am dissolved
Torn to shreds, scattered in acid pools
I now touch wider ground and travel in foggy air
Whoever is no longer is—more: affects
:- Doug.
richly wrestle you
memories richly wrestle you
you will want to cry “uncle” but we
will not let you
:- Doug.
Evanescing
Elders work toward an
expansiveness, evanescing, and evaporating of being
of, for, and by the generations
:- Doug.
In creative moments elders
In creative moments some elders
move beyond the limitations of
their age
:- Doug.
Eldering reverses art
Eldering reverses art
presenting the people with
new problems and elements
:- Doug.
new elements
The elder is presented with—seeks—new elements, issues, and pathways, seeing these as valuable for the generations.
:- Doug.
Another way to
It may be wisdom
like spirit does not inhabit the elder
rather another way to
:- Doug.
What do elders value?
What do elders value? Learning; spiritual exploration; non-material completing and fulfillment; meaning and purpose; peace with the world;
:- Doug.
Something in cookie baking
What is cookie baking about? Making up a story? Love is too facile an answer. There is something in the ordinary.
:- Doug.
Powers distinguishable from adult
If we are a species distinguishable from adult, we must have powers distinguishable, not built of strength nor speed, but probably of profundity and meaning and heart for complexity and contradiction.
:- Doug.
Map a power
Map a major part
A power beyond adult
—story?
—far-sight?
—mist-ifying?
—unknowing?
:- Doug.
Things I cannot know
I write things
I cannot know
It is up to you
To prove them in
Experience or disprove
:- Doug.
