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Friday, December 17, 2010
Zeno, Farewell
A single hammer stroke is to a finished house
as we are to the stars appearing nightly.
Zeno said you can't get there from here
but daily we defy him. We finish walks,
step and step, though each one is impossible.
We do our deeds, from zero to completion,
though failure is our starting point
and ignorance our guide. Again, again, these people
continue to surprise; again,
again we find ourselves
poised to overstride infinity.
December 17 2010
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I really like this, especially this line: We do our deeds, from zero to completion,
though failure is our starting point
and ignorance our guide.
I am curious about why you used the spelling Xeno as opposed to Zeno. I can think of reasons but wonder what yours were.
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