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The Thing

a cycle in eight parts
with a slightly criminal coda
(quickly recanted)


copyright T.H.A. Hassan,
the ZKH Foundation for Holistic Human Development
18 Mohammad Saleh Street, Dokki, Cairo, EGYPT
tel/fax 20 2 37491481


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 © Tarek Hassan | Year Posted 2014