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  On 3/26/2025 at 5:05 PM, Sherman Krebbs said:

 

 

as Jellicle cats

watch the moon fill the heavens,

they prepare to dance

 

 

they prepare to dance

arabesque, jetté, plié

broken toes and dreams

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  On 3/26/2025 at 8:01 PM, doc benway said:

 

they prepare to dance

arabesque, jetté, plié

broken toes and dreams

 

Broken toes and dreams...

damn, Hexagram twenty-three

takes no prisoners.  

 

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  On 3/29/2025 at 1:29 AM, Taomeow said:

 

Broken toes and dreams...

damn, Hexagram twenty-three

takes no prisoners.  

 

 

takes no prisoners

wisdom of mountains and Earth

speaking with candor

 

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  On 3/29/2025 at 3:09 PM, doc benway said:

 

takes no prisoners

wisdom of mountains and Earth

speaking with candor

 

speaking with candor :
that refusal to transgress
is to transgress full!

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  On 3/29/2025 at 8:09 PM, S:C said:

speaking with candor :
that refusal to transgress
is to transgress full!

is to transgress full!
when black seems white, and white black - 
let the sound direct! 

 

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  On 3/29/2025 at 10:38 PM, S:C said:

is to transgress full!
when black seems white, and white black - 
let the sound direct! 

 

let the sound direct! 
good intentions not all have
better dance unbound

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  On 3/29/2025 at 10:39 PM, S:C said:

let the sound direct! 
good intentions not all have
better dance unbound

better dance unbound
the soundless sound is boundless
rise, fall, trust, rejoice!

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  On 3/29/2025 at 10:39 PM, S:C said:

better dance unbound
the soundless sound is boundless
rise, fall, trust, rejoice!

rise, fall, trust, rejoice! 
bound but free, no force nor fear.
light flowers freely.

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  On 3/29/2025 at 10:39 PM, S:C said:

rise, fall, trust, rejoice! 
bound but free, no force nor fear.
light flowers freely.

light flowers freely
going home way beyond the curtain
leaves only one, none.

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  On 3/29/2025 at 11:07 PM, S:C said:


light flowers freely
going home way beyond the curtain
leaves only one, none.
 


Leaves only one, none

Who sits like a wall miles-high?

ghost of Christmas past

 

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  On 3/30/2025 at 9:17 PM, Mark Foote said:


Leaves only one, none

Who sits like a wall miles-high?

ghost of Christmas past

 

Ghost of Christmas past

Karma planted, and fruition

No escaping that!

 

 

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  On 3/30/2025 at 9:54 PM, Keith108 said:

Ghost of Christmas past

Karma planted, and fruition

No escaping that!

 

 

 

No escaping that!

I am is everywhere

but where I am not

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  On 3/31/2025 at 12:40 PM, doc benway said:

 

No escaping that!

I am is everywhere

but where I am not


but where I am not

other people mostly are

avoiding me now.

 

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  On 3/31/2025 at 1:11 PM, Apech said:


but where I am not

other people mostly are

avoiding me now.

 

Avoiding me now
Tao doesn't avoid but Wu Wei
So, just let it be

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  On 3/31/2025 at 10:55 PM, ChiDragon said:

Avoiding me now
Tao doesn't avoid but Wu Wei
So, just let it be

 

Shoot, I was too slow:

avoiding me now
look inside they said! screw that,
it's scary in there

 

so, just let it be
the world, others, the future,
that pustulous zit

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  On 4/1/2025 at 12:11 AM, Jenn said:

 

Shoot, I was too slow:

avoiding me now
look inside they said! screw that,
it's scary in there

 

so, just let it be
the world, others, the future,
that pustulous zit
 


that pustulous zit

will remain when worlds are gone

Away, scullion!
 

(“Away, you scullion! you rampallian! you fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe.”

― Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part Two)

 

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  On 4/3/2025 at 10:29 PM, Mark Foote said:

that pustulous zit

will remain when worlds are gone

Away, scullion!

 

Away, scullion!

you are not my messiah

where'd my money go

 

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  On 4/4/2025 at 10:10 AM, Sherman Krebbs said:

 

Away, scullion!

you are not my messiah

where'd my money go

 

 

where’d my money go

to fund eggs, and oligarchs

pray for my country

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  On 4/4/2025 at 11:10 AM, doc benway said:

 

where’d my money go

to fund eggs, and oligarchs

pray for my country

 

Pray for my country,

for Bezos, Soros and Gates 

to meet their maker.

 

To meet their maker,

AI chatbots go online,

humans go to war.  

 

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Humans go to war

The brave and lusty ones who

Also go to whore.

 

 

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  On 4/4/2025 at 6:40 PM, Apech said:


Humans go to war

The brave and lusty ones who

Also go to whore.

 



Also go to whore

did Ikkyū Sōjun, bless him
patriarchy sucks

patriarchy sucks

egg, to use Twain's expression

need a brave new world

                                                                            

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  On 4/9/2025 at 10:18 PM, Mark Foote said:

patriarchy sucks

egg, to use Twain's expression

need a brave new world

 

need a brave new world

no stock markets or money

where dimes are kindness

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  On 4/10/2025 at 6:33 PM, Sherman Krebbs said:

 

need a brave new world

no stock markets or money

where dimes are kindness
 

 

 

where dimes are kindness,

quarters are some kind of love

I think I'll stay home

 

 

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