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2016, 8*, air, architecture, cathedral, child, echo, emptiness, family, God, Granada, height, identity, light, location, Moses, name, nationality, song, sound, statues, teaching, tourism, windows
oh, what have you done
this, the way that it is
made to location
twenty pillars tall
costing absolute
tourism for the upkeep
so many nationalities
to come find themselves
awed and reduced
by the very quieted echoes
that they themself have
made; this the way to
make the cross,
child, no, this first,
here are the names
to find your family
and this is the song
in disciplined arpeggio
there the pipes to
sculpt the air
all everywhere the figures
for to know your place
and there – thank God –
the windows to let the
light to see within to
bridge this aching
and spacious dichotomy
written sitting in the Cathedral in Granada – no speaking please; the second line right-angles the “I AM WHO I AM” given to Moses from the Burning Bush when Moses asked ‘who shall I say sent me?’ … unqualified existence, self-am-ing existence, made cathedral; also posted the morning when Donald Trump was elected President …
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air wormhole: The Boats of Vallisneria by Michael J Redford – A Sign of the Times
architecture wormhole: passersby
cathedral wormhole: Saturday
child wormhole: The Boats of Vallisneria by Michael J Redford – Simon Upon The Downs
echo wormhole: Lapping Reflections [Deep Within Waters] – snow
emptiness wormhole: Prajnaparamita // Maitreya
family wormhole: chartless …
identity wormhole: beepbeep
light wormhole: the skyline
sound & windows wormhole: … swap round
teaching wormhole: [once a] dilemminal [always a dilemminal]
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