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24 MOLESWORTH ROAD

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Universal Octopus

The end of it all is always the same,the door you go out is the way that you came.What you createdand built in the void,once you’ve vacated,is quickly destroyed.It burns in the gardenis bagged up and binned,discarded debrisa foil for … Continue reading →

Posted in Blondin | Tagged children, debris, fruit, garden, mantras, moving house, new hands, presence, spirits, stillness, tree, vacated | Leave a comment

THE DYING RACES OF MANKIND

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Universal Octopus

When the rich see the very poorthey know it is timeto buy their valuables.Cheaply. This ancient peoplewere driven out of Tibetby the Tibetans,out of China by the Chineseand out of Burmaby the Burmese. Ah Kah people are very poorand cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Bamboo Leaves | Tagged Ah Kah, animists, Brahmin, China, Christians, Dying Races, education, Israelites, jiva, missionaries, old self-knowledge, pharmaceutical drugs, poor, rich, shining souls, silver jewellery, spirits, Tibet, treasures, tribal knowledge, western industrial society | Leave a comment

NO EXIT

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Universal Octopus

Oh Lord, I have terrifiedmy soul at your graveyardswhere the spirits of your peoplethought to restfor an over-flowering morningto recall the world in,regale themselves with memories in,tremble in the glory of their soulsat what they please to call your throne.And … Continue reading →

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ARMISTICE DAY

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Universal Octopus

“Died some pro patria non dulce non et decor.”So Ezra Pound adapted Horace’s linesfor those whose sufferings for their nationhad bred a dull, dark, painful generationwith gloria cauterised from their minds. In the calendar their deaths are still recorded.Poppies and … Continue reading →

Posted in Oxford Blues | Tagged Armistice Day, bombs, deaths, dust, Ezra Pound, Flanders, gloria, grief, human litter, Martyr's Memorial, medals, November, Oxford, Oxford Blues, past and present, poppies, pro patria, services, spirits, St Giles, transcendental | Leave a comment

BODY SNATCHERS

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Universal Octopus

Under a bridge,white vanblue overalls,accidentblack spot. The spirits of those who die violentlyspiral around in turbulence,causing more accidents. The Buddhist Association, funded by public donations,collects the piecesand pacifies the spiritswith chanting and cremations. It is an unconnected factthat, even if … Continue reading →

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24 MOLESWORTH ROAD

THE DYING RACES OF MANKIND

NO EXIT

ARMISTICE DAY

BODY SNATCHERS

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