Tag Archives: eternity

DIAMOND MOUNTAIN

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Universal Octopus

Wind blows.Rattles an invocationtwo thousand years oldfrom bronze temple bells. Brushes a susurrusfrom ten thousand oak leaves. Draws from their branchesthe moaningof two hundred year old wood,the dry soundof a long-forgotten oboe. Causes a seventy year old manon a slatted … Continue reading →

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LISTEN

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Universal Octopus

What is that sound?Like the trailing of a fanthrough a silent anteroom? It is the murmur of airruffling leaves. It is the herald of the whirlwindwhich will strip those leaves from their treesand wrench the trees from the hillsideand blast … Continue reading →

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IN THE DEAD TREE THE DRAGON SINGS

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Universal Octopus

Which tree?Which dragon? A coffin is a dismembered, sawn up tree,undoubtedly dead.The dragon inside could be you or mea winding sheet from heel to head.Buried alive, unable to get out,I can’t think we’d have much to sing about. Merlin was … Continue reading →

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EVERYDAY LIFE (DYING NORMALLY)

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Universal Octopus

Going out there is no othercoming back there is no trace.As Eternity comes nearer-clearer,the brackets themselves have a smaller place. Meeting in a far-off futureyou will not recognise my facebut will turn away to your then-close familyin your then-dear corner … Continue reading →

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THE BALANCE

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Universal Octopus

“Oh Life! Thou Nothing’s younger Brother!So like, one might mistake Thee for the other!” (Oh Death! Thou Sleep’s forgotten Mother!So gentle, one might mistake Thee for the other!) “Eternity is in love with the products of Time.” (The Sun shinesin … Continue reading →

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PYRAMIDS AND SARCOPHAGI

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Universal Octopus

Why did they spend so much time there in the anteroom of death?What could they prepare?Paper possessions as light as breath were too heavy for their dead to bear away from the fire. Why did they keep their eyeson pyramid, … Continue reading →

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IMAGES OF ETERNITY

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Universal Octopus

(Dust for the Human DustBeen) The photographer has discoveredhowto change the Present into the Pastjust as fastas he can. So that his facsimiles can replacethe Present of the next man’s Now. Both the photographer and the next manwaste the treasureof … Continue reading →

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ETERNITY

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Universal Octopus

There is no time in Paradise! Do not worry. Do not hurry. If the kettle is too small it will not spoil it to fill it twice and boil it. There is no time in Paradise. Until they count the … Continue reading →

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HERAKLEITOS I

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Universal Octopus

Entendu! Understood! One cannot step into the same river twice. Fresh waters are eternally rushing in. Who passed this way? And when? Wait! Pond river ocean all are filled with eternal waters. In tasting these, is Liberation not found? And … Continue reading →