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Directional Synthesis


Does your life then come together

front to back

or

back to front

It takes years to clearly see

that both

directions

are a ruse

Life revolving as a circle

with you

inside

its center

All phases caught in a whirlpool’s tide

that ebbs

and flows

— divine

 

(The New Room: April, 2024) 

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