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when a hill knows its part sky,

when a fish knows its within breath,

when a bird knows its continuously falling,
when a human being knows its be-ing,

when a rooster wakes from its own call,
when a waterfall knows its emptiness,

when a knot untangles itself,
when a horse knows its majesty,

when Sherlock Holmes unlocks his own mystery,
when olive oil knows its levels of virginity and says,

"Less crushing and pressing please!",

when a sunflower knows its own heat,
when an infant knows the person looking back,

when a miracle knows its learning;

 Real Purpose.

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watch the fool,

walking with an empty bucket on his head.

a short while ago he dumped a hundred thousand
poppy seeds he had collected for the past thirty years.

he walks around like a drunk saying idiotic things:

"I found what I lost, lost what I found,

found what was here and never gone!

Oh what have I done all these years

looking for everything?

I found nothing and I have it all!

Look at me now!

I see what my children see!

Weeeeee! Oh someone dance with me!

This bucket keeps me floundering around

like a fish on the beach.

Someone dance with me!

Put a bucket around your head

and dance with me!"