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Staying Alert
1: ALERT
“Come quickly,” mummy.
“There’s a man at the door with
a bill.” Her reply?
2: DISTRACTED
“Don’t be silly, son.
It’s probably just a duck
who’s wearing a hat.”
Memory Lane
MEMORY LANE
I quite like
revisiting
ancient haunts;
lightly caressing
the memories evoked.
I learnt long ago
the foolishness
of regret,
of expectation
or disappointment.
The Wrong Approach
THE WRONG APPROACH
The world my oyster
And I the hopeful diver
With a plastic knife
Invisible Vampires (A Four By Six)
INVISIBLE VAMPIRES
They hover all round us
Tell me you don’t feel them
Be trusting, be open
But be nobody’s fool
“They Are, Therefore …”
…..
…..
“One sees them everywhere – businessmen hoisting themselves up on tiptoe, struggling desperately to succeed. They are overflowing with anxieties so there is no longer even any room for love of their fellow beings. They are, therefore, themselves unloved and regarded as being no longer human.”
…..– Chuang Tzu (c. 369 BC – c. 286 BC)
Expectations
EXPECTATIONS
Two children were each given an acorn to plant.
The first was interested, pleased, impressed, deeply moved as it gradually grew into an oak tree, a transformation she could never have anticipated, scarcely have believed possible.
The other was bitterly disappointed.
She had wanted a beech tree.
