Finishing touches

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+date: 2019-08-22
+weight: 40
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+How can I capture that essence of stillness? How can I become nothing?
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+> Not reaching. Not trying.
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+How can I read the ecstasy of signs? How can I feel those black birds bursting free of my hunched shoulders?
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+> Step beside yourself. Take your own hand.
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+How can I feel the cord that ties me to the center of the earth? How can I see where it leads? How can I walk the spiral?
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+> Reach down, bury your fingers in rich earth, take root.
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+The cant of ritual.
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+> The scent of incense.
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+The rhythm of chant.
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+> The ripple of water.
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+Call and response.
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+> The flicker of a candle.
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+Voices echoing voices echoing voices echoing...
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+> Clay between fingertips.
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+And then?