Copyright © 2009 Ernest Bloom.
..........................An enormous, unseen Eye
................blinks, and the old
familiar universe is jerked out
..............from under our feet, like a white
....................................tablecloth from under our elaborate
........................................................................banquet feast, and
a new universe -- exactly like the old in every detail -- is instantly
........................substituted in, but
............................................................... . . .nothing will ever
..................................................................be the same again.
I like the subtle rhyming of feet/feast and in/again--it really makes the poem flow nicely. Obviously, the format is lovely--it's very e e cummings. For such a short piece, though, it's very philosophical and enlightening. Bravo. :)
ReplyDeleteAh, so expressive, provocative and insightful. An Eye, an omniscient eye, blinks and in its awesome blink whole galaxies are swept away. It's a bit skeptic and you know, I rather prefer to think there is no Eye and if there is, surely the Eye is blind but anyway, inspiring work nevertheless. The format is very fitting, it seems alive, spiraling like a slithering serpent threatening to divulge its sin. Spiral is always a good image to accompany matters universe-related for their symbolism is unparalleled- they hold life and death, splendor and poverty and verily they are the secret of being itself, it might appear sensible that of all things in the cosmos, they should.
ReplyDeleteyou know the zen proverb: 'before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. after enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.' various variants on this pattern may be found. maybe this is akin to an instant of déjà vu, a moment in which nothing is changed but everything is different. a form of awakening into a higher plane of consciousness. the eye need not be taken as a religious symbol; for all i know, it's a dispassionate superstring camera-clock that sees every particle and photon along its way through the cosmic body. the outer world mutates always, obviously, but the only relevant change is within. this is an illumination from a small scene in a book called Destinatiion: Void.
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