There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the sadness of life lies in that fact. In the course of a single second, our sense of sight, of hearing, of smell, register (knowingly or not) a swarm of events, and a parade of sensations and ideas passes through our heads. Each instant represents a little universe, irrevocably forgotten in the next instant.
—Milan Kundera
Anyway (Frank)
I feel the happiness of the man who sees the spider at the bottom of the goblet, and drinks anyway, knowing that it will all end badly, and that everything is fatal, but who chooses to embrace life anyway, to balance the terror of being human against the joy of being human.
Joe Frank
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Hemmed in (Byrd)
For there is no escape anywhere. You are hemmed in on every side by your own inadequacies and the crowding measures of your associates. The ones who survive with a measure of happiness are those who can live profoundly off of their intellectual resources, as hibernating animals live off their fat.
Richard Byrd, Alone
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The future
If the future is a pseudo-fractal expansion of the present, how can so much be lost?
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Conventional wisdom
Conventional wisdom doesn't consider personal determination.
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On disbelief
Disbelief is belief for people who think.
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This far (Stewart)
I had come this far
up the mountain to become something
less than I thought I was.
Arthur J. Stewart, from "This Far"
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Darkness
Don't infer at night
what is unseen in the light.
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Third Wednesday
Third Wednesday has published my poem "The Word 2" in their print journal. They have also chosen to post it on their website as their
Poem of the Week! Very cool. Alas, they somehow attributed it to "M. Rush" instead of "M. C. Rush," which doesn't do my brand any good, but still, I'll take it!
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Luxury
Taking things for granted is my favorite luxury.
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Identity
Ego minus vanity is identity.
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Existence
All existence is coexistence.
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Skepticism
The problem with most skeptics is that they are skeptical toward everything but themselves.
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Quick 2017 Summation
Books Read:
61
Poems Written:
880
Satisfactory numbers, considering what a year of stress and disruption it was. Still a crazy number of poems.
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Good riddance to bad rubbish
2017—the worst year of my life (thus far).
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