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You Ask, What is Life?
by James Shammas (Age: 44)
copyright 08-05-2005
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Age Rating: 13 to 127

 
You play the tape over:
The majestic steel bird
Soaring into three-thousand people
One clear blue, God-given day.

You know it is wrong-- even sick--
But you watch it again--
For the spectacle of it--
Wondering if the face of Death

Is the face of Life,
Sister twins, all dolled up,
Reflecting a reflection,
The mirror a mirage, too.

You question the question,
If it need be phrased
When the "I" that asks
Stares back from a shroud.

Just what did our Jesus mean
As he hung there so high,
Spitting the blood-soaked words,
"Mother, behold your son?"

Is this it?: Word made flesh:
Maggots and marshmallows,
A ring-around the posy,
Rainbows and shit;

The world of duality ends
When you don't pose the question,
And nothing is everything
Accepted with a child's smile;

Where life is the lotus held high
By the silent, sitting Buddha
Who is you, simply sitting, stunned
From the whack of the Zen master's stick.




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05-16-2006 Regina Pate    

I think that's the first time I heard you say shit, I have never heard you curse before. I'm glad that you did, because somehow it lets me know that you are a real person and not one of the untouchables, I try so hard to reach. I don't know about your peom, you know you did a good job, I'm sure you had a good run, and life is better, and so is the wheather, but I don't care, I must say it again, I was hooked from the beginning to end, great write, good job, thanks,

Regina


05-16-2006 Richard Reed Jr    

"make no assertions, but tell me what it is!"

Super metaphor on he twin towers. Excellent is not good enough.
The good with the bad, the right with the wrong, pain and pleasure two sides of the same coin.
What does it all mean?
The more we ask, the farther away we get.

Bravo my friend!

Rich


08-06-2005 David Pekrul    

I would have commented earlier, but first had to see how other interpreted your work. Like always, you write well, but always over my head. But keep it up. Your poetry keeps me thinking.


08-06-2005 Roger Crique    

This poem brings with it a powerful and scary vision of what we human beings are truly, a species of animals that seek to understand what the purpose of life is. For some reason, it took me a few seconds to figure out the majestic steel bird, but what an mental explosion it caused in me! The fact that you made it a point to mention that it was a "God-given day," makes a lot of sense. I can't speak for God, but I'm sure he was aware of what was going on and in life, to save a thousand, sometimes ten thousand must be sacrificed. I can go on and on, trying to justify why I'm giving this piece 10 points, but because I can only give it five, I think I'll cut the chatter and do just that! Outstanding work!


08-06-2005 Anthony Lane Stahlhut    

You did what you intended, for this piece provokes much thought. I believe people watch and read these stories of pain and death so that their private hell does not seem so bad. They sit back and say to themselves," Those poor people!" and all the while secretly thinking I've got it better. Wait a minute...your the head doctor! You are supposed to have all the answers! LOL Nice write Jim. Thanks, Anthony


08-06-2005 Brian Dickenson    

Well observed. The human race in general is in love with violence.
We make hero's out of people who are very violent, like boxers. We pay to see someone suffering.
The more gory the film, the more people watch it.
We watch car racing, not for the skill of endlessly going around a circuit, but for the crashes that inevitably happen.
The more bad news a newspaper prints, the more copies are sold.
It begs the question. 'Gods children'
Brian.


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