“One Glimpse of Celestial Is-ness”*

I AM THAT I AM

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The awkward turning from the ancient Greek

Might trouble Aristotle since he cared

About the literary, such as bleak

Uplifting tragedy of people snared

By God or Fate, so brooch pins used to stab

Out jelly from the eyes.  Since blind, they did

Not see the truth and thus the blood-gush jab

To punish, gory goo and red down lid

To cheek, because the human fails to see

The mystery of Godly thought.  Gouged eyes

Presumably can readily foresee

The ways of God and thus forestall surprise.

Celestial is not for us.  A peep

At it may cause that eyeball slimy seep.

* as quoted in Earthly Remains by Donna Leon

~ Phillip Whidden