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Parenthesis for Existence

By Steven Ericsson-Zenith

 

Placed at the heart of this sentence like some spent form of punishment (the price of revelation) is the dilemma of his cultural shock. It's not possible to be a prophet in your own land. Fit the kid next door into a credibility destroyed by his own humanity. The reason even Christ went to school in Egypt.

The parenthesis for existence is the price of revelation. And only one who has possessed it all can call the poor to realization of their mighty wealth. The denouncement of the riches they do not possess. And to the rest the attainment of "Buddhahood."

But why should they honor such a god if he was the little sod who, as a child, defiled their sensibilities with his argument. He meant no harm. His charm will have to lie as some revolutionary outside of their society. The reason John the Baptist lost his head at the whim of some little girl's impropriety.

Now. Inside the crack of this paragraph hides a word to master this suggestion. For there can be no preconception at the crisis call. The signs are there for all to see. In the imagery of such illusion all words are meaningless - unable to express without damnation.

Thus greet the insane poet/priest who bears the stigmata of the stanza he stands astride. Greet him as you would the passionate young bride who does not belong to you. Refuse to solve the riddle of that mystery. The lust to know the unknowable. The reason the master speaks not to those who pretend to listen - but to those who ask.

 

 

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