Do we own Mars?

[Lemuel Underwing]

is this about time? is that what we're talking about?

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Lemuel Underwing <luunderwing at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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