ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή

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if all cobblestone & volcanic tuff roads lead to Rome
then those limestone roads also leave Rome

Heraclitus wrote & wove the bridge
which stretches across aeons
rotating in orbit through Hindu Yuga seasons

empires which crossed oceans
& hoarded Maia's glistening minerals
with riches sinking to the molten core
rose at dawn before the fall
to set as the sun & new dynasties
came forth once more

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winding & unwinding the cogs
of my mechanical mind
each molecule stretched by time
unfolding the origami within me
a transcendental mirror reflects
out of the dark room inside
bursting in light onto a paper page

i set sail guided by a star at the centre
of the poetic tradition solar system
with each stroke of the pen
a battle of egoic & stoic reflection

as a magi walking on a tightrope 
across the galaxy of literary immortality
appointed vocal vessel for the ætheric genie's
anointed scribe by name only

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war & famine plague the flesh
while recession & depression stretch the faith
the sage & shaman among the tribe 
whether congregating in concrete cities
or oak & birch tree jungles
see beyond the cage of spacetime 
dancing & laughing at the gimmick false idols
which shine in pyrite light
burning out to fall of the slippery slope'd
heights set on pride

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animal slave to brain chemical tease
retreating into a state of frangible figurine
shaped with glass & clay hiding inside
ossified 
as the kamikaze chitter chatter raid
of the autonoetic pendulum planes
rain white noise to blackout the range of color outside

cubicle-cell'd school indoctrination
where teachers spewed misinformation
of false-prophets & misconstrued tombs
to warrant imprudent cathedrals
built as astronomically aligned limestone
& dolomite megalithic calendar's & clocks
built in archer-eyed silence 
yesterday

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a voice in the sleeve-pocket
of an outside crusader
drives the night
& breaks down stable gates
spilling out onto the pavement

Athenian whispers rise out of a lamp
lighting the path of blind night
unravelling the binding rope
tied to cease the flight of shaman-like sight

scalpel c-section lobotomy
cure for epileptic seizure 
stirs Manaus waters to mingle stirringly

yin yang compass paves grey to day
& mist fades on the weightless
drifting seesaw sway

three Moirai dragged Jonah
above the heavy whale tomb depths
& left him facing Shakespeare’s sling & arrows
which shoot into nirvana

Morpheus points to two doors
one leads to Moriah
the other ends in Gomorrah 
along which will you venture
or will you lay down to sleep
fading into to-morrow?