Kalis 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)