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Kali's Long Game

("Tree of Life", 2013, original pen and ink)

Kali's Long Game

The dark age, Kali Yuga of Hindu lore,
Is not a generation or two
Or even a millennia or so
By Western measure
It is part four of an epic cycle, an Age,
Lasting almost 430 thousand years
And it is the age we’re in
Each moment, each day, year, generation
Being but another step 
Into darkness and dissolution 
And this is the world that fills our knowing
Literally the whole history of humanity
If that's where we started
So when we hear Grandpa complain
How it’s not like it was
How kids these days…
It’s not like it’s going to improve anytime soon
This is the way of the world
The way of the cosmic cycles
That no matter how much we try
How much we hope and pray
It’s going to keep degenerating 
Until all is flat
And all our dark karma
Is brunt to a crisp
Till no seeds remain for the next 
Golden Age to begin.
In the big picture where are we?

About five thousand years in.

(12/2/23)

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