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The Rag and Bone Man
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The Rag and Bone Man |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! 
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The Rag and Bone Man Sixty years have come and gone to who knows where or why, as a traceless lifetime slips away. I walk alone, a rag and bone man, amid a sea of vast indifference through cold and silent moonlit shadows, trailing a ponderous ball and chain of accumulated ignorance. Perhaps the grand and final epiphany is simply how very, very little we truly come to ‘know.’ --- b. e. adams (11/4/2014) |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Yes Bruce,It has often been said that the more we learn the more we realize how little we know. Best to you, jo |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Men say they 'know many things' But lo, they have taken wings All the 'arts' and the 'sciences' and a million 'appliances,' The wind that blows is far, far more than anyone truly 'knows!' As H.D. Thoreau put it ... "all my 'knowledge' (and experience) brings me only ever closer to my ignorance" (particularly about human choices and behavior) |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
yes indeed |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
We certainly aren't around long enough in this puny lifetime to learn much. Just a little peek through the curtain, I would say. Ida |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Yes indeed ! ... and the 'curtain' always 'falls' or closes too quickly on any meager glimpse of the pathways of eternity ... |
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