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Grinch
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since 2005-12-31

Posts 2929
Whoville

0 posted 2019-10-11 06:43 PM

With Fibonacci codes tattooed
They met the end of mice and men.
Dehumanised, aghast, abused
In concrete tombs, unspectacled.

No abacus, no finger count,
No algorithm carved in stone
Nor tablets from some holy mount
Can calculate or comprehend

The deaths and depths of man.

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

1 posted 2019-10-12 09:39 PM

Much to contemplate in these quaint two little stanzas. Always loved the "divinity implied" and "more to the universe/higher cause" feelings the Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio bring with them. Not nearly as much as I love some of the ink dedicated them, or at least inspired by them. Mankind, for all its bleakness, does have great depth. Will give you that.

Grinch
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since 2005-12-31

Posts 2929
Whoville

2 posted 2019-10-13 08:26 AM

Michael,

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply.

Man has indeed a tremendous capacity to achieve greatness, unfortunately however man also has an unfathomable capacity for the opposite.

In 1938 in a personal journal John Steinbeck wrote:

quote:
"In every bit of honest writing in the world there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. There are shorter means, many of them. There is writing promoting social change, writing punishing injustice, writing in celebration of heroism, but always that base theme. Try to understand each other."

At that same time in Germany and Austria Jewish businesses and homes were attacked, ransacked or set on fire during what became known as Kristallnacht - the Night of Broken Glass. To some this escalation of persecution marked the beginning of what would become known as the Holocaust, possibly the ultimate example of what can happen when people don't try to understand each other.

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

3 posted 2019-10-20 09:38 PM

I love the language you use in this one. There's so much implied and stated in such a short piece. Well done.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2019-11-10 06:10 PM

Short but powerful and profound.

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