Do we own Mars?

[Lemuel Underwing]

Oh! Oh! Can I join?

If
everything were nothing
nothing would be
something
and after all we alter
the swans still swim
on shimmering water

but it's not
shimmering, that is,
from where I'm standing

or it was shimmering
just a moment ago
it couldn't tell you which

it works upon stones
glaciers, mountains,
with the same deft ease



On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:32 PM, <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> If
> nothing were real
> then time,
> for certain, would be
> imaginary.
>
> But it's not
>
> real, that is,
> Nothing is something that will never be
> or wasn't.
>
> Time, however it is,
> was also
> and will be
> and you won't have to ask-
> What does it mean?
>
> Because
> whatever it is,
> is what it means.
>
> Knowing is being, but being,
> well,
> that's another story.
>
> Once upon a time...
>
> (I love those ellipitic dots...)
>
>
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