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Temporary Texas

On The Trail of Eternity

I called my estate Temporary, Texas
barbed wire was illegal there
but the place was protected by barbed wire
and paradox, ephemeral shadow of the dove

I wasn't afraid to invest in the temporary
to love, to love knowing
knowing all the while that the object of my love
the person, place or nation
the ideal or creed or livelihood,
all sentiment, sensation
would vanish, be stolen by time

a tent was temple to my religion
time and rent the devils of my panoply
the mantra, chant, the litany: "It Comes and Goes.
It Comes and Goes. Rama Jah Ohm"

God watches his body decay like an echo
if anything is eternal, infinite
it is God's threshold of pain
mountains crumble, oceans drain
the universe a sore against the grain
time before and time again
It Comes and Goes, It Comes and Goes. Rama Jah Ohm

Meanwhile back in Temporary, Texas
the sheriff sucks the smoke from the barrel of his gun
time is the outlaw, no jail can hold him.
He nails a poster to a tree
it says, "WANTED--ETERNITY."

It Comes and Goes, It Comes and Goes. Rama Jah Ohm

God watches his body decay like an echo
if anything is eternal, infinite
it is God's threshold of pain

these lines moved me into
tantric tantrums of thought,
where an echo is the only way out.

good pome, especially coming from Temporary.

So colorful are the parts of your people you write about. It always feels like I went somewhere. Other lives? Who knows, but good stuff!

true. all is stolen by time.

Barry Gremillion got inspired by this poem and turned it into a song. Sounds like this:

Temporary Texas

Poems and songs are like hands that reach for each other in a dark theater
popcorn, and a vision dancing before my eyes

thanks for listening, CS

yes, you put it aptly:
'hands that reach for each other in a dark theater'

I likes it more every time I have re-reads it.

This bit here was the crux of it for me.

time is the outlaw, no jail can hold him.
He nails a poster to a tree
it says, "WANTED--ETERNITY."

It Comes and Goes, It Comes and Goes. Rama Jah Ohm

Reminded me of this bit.

"I regain space. Time is useless without space."—Mnaz

Seems like I am looking through a window
one world complimenting another
light dancing in the future

I want to listen to it but something screwed up on my computer won't let me.

dam