I Am Filled With A Sense Of the Inscrutable

I AM FILLED WITH A SENSE OF THE INSCRUTABLE

The shape of a lizard’s tongue
Is different from
The shape of a frog’s tongue,
But when these tongues come out and are seen,
A harmony, a correspondence, or an allegory
Is apprehended by the astute viewer,
And some times when the viewer had prepared himself
With vitamins or fasting
A mystic vision.

During the early study of tongues the student
Should dispense with all words.

The effects of tongue study on the transformation
And transfiguration of the student,
His rebirth from a person never mentioned
To the one that is the topic of many discussions,
Cannot be understood by logic,
It cannot be transmitted in words,
It cannot be measured by reason.


Tongue study is love,
Tongue study is hate,
Tongue study is a rose,
Tongue study is a rose thorn,
Tongue study is a crystal,
Tongue study is a pistol.
Tongue study is a Chinese Garden,
Tongue study is the city dump.
Tongue study is a bureaucrat.
Tongue study is a junk sculptor.


Duane Locke

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