by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Because we cannot be clever and honest and are inventors of things more intricate than the snowflake – Lord have mercy. Because we are full of pride in our humility, and because we believe in our disbelief – Lord have mercy. Because we will protect ourselves from...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Let me take you down, ‘cos I’m going to strawberry fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung up about. Strawberry fields for ever. Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see… John Lennon (1940-80), The Beatles,...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Elaenor Rigby picks up the rice in the church Where a wedding has been, Lives in a dream; Waits at the window, Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door. Who is it for? John Lennon (1940-80) and Paul McCartney (1942- )....
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Smugness is the first reward befalls impatient certainty – your world and you are in accord of mutual unreality at rest; the last (reward) is being bored. R.P. Blackmur (1904-65). ...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
And after this quick bash in the dark You will rise and go, Thinking of how empty you have grown, And whether all the evening’s care in front of mirrors, And the younger boys disowned, Led simply to this. Confined to what you are expected to be, By what you are, Out...
