by phillipw | Nov 5, 2019 | ID
A Trinity in Thought Jehovah, and then Plato, and then Mo Imposed eternal absolutes on us. Mohammed says that we’re supposed to grow Our roots in Allah. If we don’t, Mo’s cuss Will blast us, so watch out for suicide Pathetics on the prowl. Jehovah’s law Is...
by phillipw | Nov 5, 2019 | MO
A Fragrant Shrub Bought for a Sister Aunt Wilma wanted me to plant a white Gardenia on Lorena’s grave, dark green Leaves, glossiness and beauty there in spite Of crab grass. This would make the dry sand scene More lovely, like Lorena, she the gem Cut into facets...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | BE
Beauty Far Beyond Meaning I get a glimpse of golden Russian cross And turban blue of dome. The bus speeds past The ancient blend of cultures with the gloss And semi-gloss of urban psyches cast Together for a thousand years or more. There must be chanting just beneath...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | SE
Know Thyself Most men exist in fuzziness of brain At best. They do not really live in full Possession of their truth. Men live in vain And cannot really say that they can pull The levers of reality because They seldom think. No, they don’t really think....
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | SO
Epitaph on Epicurus’s Epiphenomenon: Wishful Non-Thinking The soul, if it exists at all, consists Of stuff we cannot register with tools Or natural senses. If the mind resists The logic of thin physics, then new rules Must be developed, like a child who...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | ED
My Innocent Niece and Flattering, Phoney Educationists When kids are taught that they are geniuses At this or that, while, frankly, they are duff At it, we turn them in keeniuses— Until they flop. Then we require hot stuff Developed long ago: it’s common...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | RA
Sin Is Not Thinking If Eve had only thought about the text Surrounding her and meditated on The clear instructions given her, the hexed Catastrophe would not have gone To her destruction. All around her grew The scent of beauty. She saw all the hints Perfection...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | HE
The Golden Rule Philosophically Plated Take pleasure for yourself like hummingbirds. Give joy to others as you swallow juice They give. Ignore Religion’s numbing words. There’s nothing wrong with being jolly loose So long as you don’t harm...
