Jameson, Absolute, Nietzsche, and the Cat
Moon on the horizon.
Soft breeze rattles the
brambles out by the
old barn.
The cat enters, looks
about and begins to
speak.
“Fears take flight after years
of drinking the tears away
while the days responsibilities
are laughable in the light of
satori's brilliant realization.
Silly, silly man, thinking reality
something to achieve, a destination
to discover, a journey to undertake.
Listen and I will tell you what little
I have learned burning away my
short time on this horizon of
understanding.
All that is transitory is a metaphor
for the eternal and all that is eternal
is a metaphor for the self.
The self is the collective consciousness
we all share and what we share is our
experience of being.
Being is nothing but an illusion created
in the mind of God while God is simply
a metaphor for eternity in the mind of
man.
Now pour me some kibble for I know
many things but do not possess opposable
thumbs”.
I woke with a start, cursing the spinning
room and swearing never to mix Jameson
and Absolute again.
The cat finished her kibble and crapped
in the litter box.
Ha ha... "Whom the gods would destroy they first drive mad". Sure, nothing prevents us from giving that dusty, old aphorism the horse laugh, but, when you think about it, that's probably what Nietzsche did, and look what happened to him : P
Excellent....I've been gradually concluding that cats are very heathen creatures, and this confirms my suspicions....amazing still, since I thought the animals devoid of rebellion and devilry...but cats are after all, rotten haughty specimens.
Good intellectual stuff that goes into great insight...of course we cannot leave out Spinoza given your train of thought in this poem...
Wow! a cat that quotes Goethe ("Alles vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis") hardly needs opposable thumbs.
This is an hilarious poetic gem...it makes me want to mix Jameson with Absolut and await the return of my wandering cat...lol :)
Oh my existential goodness...:))))
lovely poem, but stick with Jameson on ice
Smelling cat poop has oftentimes given me existential angst. ;)
Wow, a nihilistic nightmare. Freaky, but extremely well done.