The Thing
a cycle in eight parts
with a slightly criminal coda
(quickly recanted)
I - the thing
the thing the thing the thing!
oh the thing
the thing is IT
the thing and nothing but the thing
long live the thing
hurrah for the thing
what is the thing?
the books say
the thing is ......THE THING
and the wisdom of the ages
...and sages
worn out pages cages museum pieces masterpieces THE THING
the thing IS
the thing is our SALVATION permutation castration
the thing is the isness that is not before the essence of
the meaningfulness of reason before
existence existing apple cart before the apple
donkey before the horse cart
after the equi-histamopholous oblong
wheel was invented
(pythaphagoranamus 2)
THE THING IS MYSTERIOUS
the thing the thing the thing
oh the thing what is the thing?
LET US SPEAK ABOUT THE THING
........................PATIENTLY
think
see
hear
let us read
let us write
LET US FIGHT
about the thing
for a month
a year
a century
or two
or four
or eight
or ninety eight
or eighty four
the thing the thing the thing
oh the thing
sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
be composed
contained
comely
demure
BE GRAVE
AND WORSHIP
WORSHIP
the thing
PATIENTLY
Kara wesha wesha wesha
wesha wesha wesha wesha
wesha wesha wesha wesha
(prayer)
.....,......,........,...,......,
.....,.....,....;......,.....;...
....,....;....;....,....;....,...
..and then
LET US SPEAK
of IT
over tea
butter scotch
or L.S.D.
or
what is the fashion today
with it?
the thing the thing the thing
oh the thing
what is the fashion with IT
the thing
today?
copyright T.H.A. Hassan,
the ZKH Foundation for Holistic Human Development
18 Mohammad Saleh Street, Dokki, Cairo, EGYPT
tel/fax 20 2 37491481
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