All artifice is natural to us. We sprang from flesh pressed, sweating, till it heaved: till hers and his thrust, shuddered, let loose. Thus are persons made, is all design conceived. Ants march in ordered rows down broken ground, each shouldering a mote of dust, a crumb. Queen, servants, soldiers shelter in the mound raised from their labors, eloquent and dumb. So what if nature's structure's wound so tight that schemes we build to couch it come unsprung? Our craftsmanship's a grass-high pile of dust riddled with tunnels never meant for light to penetrate, nor words shaped wet on tongues. We are. We make. We can. We will. We must.
I grew up in Christian fundamentalism, went to hell, came back, became a Presbyterian then a Buddhist Presbyterian, and now I'm a profane Presbyterian Zen Taoist -- not that I'm into labels or anything. Here's what I've learned so far: The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
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All artifice is natural to us.
We sprang from flesh pressed, sweating, till it heaved:
till hers and his thrust, shuddered, let loose. Thus
are persons made, is all design conceived.
Ants march in ordered rows down broken ground,
each shouldering a mote of dust, a crumb.
Queen, servants, soldiers shelter in the mound
raised from their labors, eloquent and dumb.
So what if nature's structure's wound so tight
that schemes we build to couch it come unsprung?
Our craftsmanship's a grass-high pile of dust
riddled with tunnels never meant for light
to penetrate, nor words shaped wet on tongues.
We are. We make. We can. We will. We must.
Profound and inspiring :)
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