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Monday, 24 August 2015

The Village in the Tree #9 - Gratification

Contrary to the expectation
Of all gathered there
The Village in the Tree
Descended through the air

Tumbling most gracefully
The Village in the Tree
Was briefly Village in the Sky
But lacking competence to fly
Became the Village on the Ground
Devastated all around

By good fortune I had grasped
The final leaf as it fluttered past
The final view will stay with me
The face of mute disbelief
As the Philosoph' observed my leaf
Then fell toward infinity

Yet I am sure that while he fell
He assured himself that all was well
Reality, though defective
Would at the end be self-corrective
Would align canonically
With most Royal Philosophy

These musings, though most comforting
Reprieve of sentence could not bring
Realisation - out of time
Marked the end of a paradigm

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