Ponderable and poem for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Alan Harris
Nov 10, 2009, 12:49:23 AM11/10/09
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There is no freedom from freedom--it endlessly compels us to do as we choose.
Freedom Grounded
Hypnotized by young freedom,
I chased bedazzling baits of my choice
until pain came crashing through my doors.
Thank you very much, freedom.
And I ate choice foods with delight
until my older arteries became clogged
with a near calamity of consequences.
Freedom, do you need to be fatal?
Computer-enabled, I freely flew commodity
futures like a test pilot, with precision eyes
trained on my instruments--then crashed.
Hello, is anyone there?
Freedom, you truly stink.
Can I at least be free not to be free?
"Serve," says no voice.
Serve? Why serve?
"It works."
Serve without pay?
"With or without pay--but with energy."
No more freedom, then?
"Remembering your former agony
while serving where the need is,
you gain a grounded freedom."
From whom do I hear this?
"From the call without a voice."
I chased bedazzling baits of my choice
until pain came crashing through my doors.
Thank you very much, freedom.
And I ate choice foods with delight
until my older arteries became clogged
with a near calamity of consequences.
Freedom, do you need to be fatal?
Computer-enabled, I freely flew commodity
futures like a test pilot, with precision eyes
trained on my instruments--then crashed.
Hello, is anyone there?
Freedom, you truly stink.
Can I at least be free not to be free?
"Serve," says no voice.
Serve? Why serve?
"It works."
Serve without pay?
"With or without pay--but with energy."
No more freedom, then?
"Remembering your former agony
while serving where the need is,
you gain a grounded freedom."
From whom do I hear this?
"From the call without a voice."
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Alan Harris
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