Mr Salgado replied, 'The right philosophy. Either you choose to observe and classify, or you choose to imagine and classify. It is a real dilemma.'
- Reef, Romesh Gunesekera
A tumbler with a deep belly,
And a slender, refined neck,
Tapering to a pout.
A deep belly, so empty,
That makes a hollow sound,
That needs a recreation,
An occupation, a song.
That seeks an idea, a thought,
A theory, a possibility,
Of infinite complexity,
An issue of importance,
With certain ramifications,
To ruminate on.
A deep belly, for controversy,
An allegation of complicity,
Apathy or even hostility,
What ever the supposition,
It can't be ruled out.
Until of course another thought,
Or fasciniation, with greater animation,
Or just indigestion,
Depending on the angle of the pout,
Depth of the belly,
Deep rumbling of the earth,
Or even something in the air,
Who knows?
3 comments:
I like the last few lines a lot.
You must see 'The Hours'.
You will love it.
Loads of ramifications there to ruminate upon.
The "tumbler with a deep belly"...that's us, right???
"the angle of the pout",
"Depth of the belly".....that's what makes each tumbler different
That's how I perceived it and I love it!
Person or nation or mind?
I thought at first the collective that is a country, but:
a recreation,
An occupation, a song.
That seeks an idea, a thought,
A theory, a possibility,
[...]
An issue of importance,
a bit odd, the linear list. What then, of the melting pot? And the bubbling froth at the top?
So it becomes another rumination.
--- Camphor who prefers her OpenID but must perforce use outdated Blogger to say anthing. :(
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