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AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

0 posted 2009-10-18 08:41 PM

The rusted wreck
of the broken shopping cart
serendipitously proceeded
from one green plastic
motherlode
to the next.

Its guide,
hidden beneath layers
that could have inspired
Escher's genius at morphing,
was, however, more evocative
of Hieronymus Bosch.

He mined
each green trove assiduously,
adding nuggets of refundable treasure
carefully
to his creaking, wobbling chariot.
His acute accountant's mind
kept a running total
in crisp, clean ledgers that,
alone, survived
the culture shock,
the corporate downsizing,
of the Nineteen Eighties.

Sutra 3: See your reality for what it is, not for what you think it is: this is the first step to making your reality what you wish it to be.
--Jim's

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

1 posted 2009-10-19 07:53 AM

AH..I enjoy how you paint over the chrome with rust colors just enough to hide the true worth of worthless here..kewl stuff

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

2 posted 2009-10-19 08:31 AM

Thank you, DS. I value your comments.
Cheers
Jim

Sutra 4: Do not expect your Path to be smooth. It will have rocks, slippery portions, and parts that are washed away completely. Persevere.

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2009-10-22 02:00 AM

We have a guy like this who comes with a Safeway shopping cart, and he actually is very polite about taking all the cans in the recycling bins. He is the most interesting looking person I think I have ever come across, and he probably has about the same history as your character.

Enjoyed this one.

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

4 posted 2009-10-22 08:14 AM

Thank you, Mysteria. I sometimes think that, but for the Universal Balance, he is Everyman.

Sutra 6: If your Path seems to be sprinkled with shards of glass, you should examine each shard to ensure it is not a diamond.

rachaelfuchsberger

Senior Member

since 2007-02-21

Posts 609
Las Vegas, NV

5 posted 2009-10-24 02:54 PM

Ok...I need to get a pocket dictionary to carry in my purse with me. And apparently some world history/lit lessons. But it's a good piece.

Arana Darkwolf

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

6 posted 2009-10-26 08:27 AM

Rachel, thank you for your comments. My kids get at me all the time for my word usage. My response to them has always been that our language is the only way we have to adequately communicate our thoughts and feelings. I have always tried to utilise it to that end.
Namaste
Jim

Sutra 25: Remember that a pile of ordure is simply that: Seek not to give it meaning.
Jim's Guide to Enlightenment: The Complete Sutras

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