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Three Is Greater Than Two (poem)

Sitaram

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Three Is Greater Than Two
(a poem, circa 1994)



The beauty of a bubble.
Float.
Pop.


Saponification of fat
From a slaughtered cow.
Terror.
Agony.
Death.


Sanctification?
Wisdom comes through suffering!


Three is greater than two.
Quod erat demonstrandum.


The milk of human kindness.
Mamma.
Mammary.
Mammal.


Compassion.


The Good Shepherd and his logical sheep.
Anthropomorphism.
"The Truth shall set you free."
Schism.


Dependent Co-Arising?
Not surprising!


Man is matter which contemplates itself.
SO WHAT?
Adam bit the apple.
Suffering succotash!
All creation shares in the Fall.


Antinomous universe.
PLEASURE-PAIN.
GOOD-EVIL.
HOT-COLD.
The Third Law of Thermodynamics.
Weak Anthropomorphism.


The Beauty of a bubble.
Float! Pop! Gone!
Ephemeral.
Evanescent.
"And Time shall be no more."


Cosmos.
Cosmetic.
"Thou art not April unless I make thee so."


The beauty of a Bubble.
The sagacity of a Hubble.
Pop!
Bang!
World without end,
Amen!


Three is greater than two.
Too long for Haiku.
BOO HOO!
Apologies to Basho,
(May his memory be eternal).


The fragrance of a wilting flower.
The memory of a lover's first hour.


Three is greater than two.
One is greater than many.
Being and Non-Being.
Illusion.
Emptiness.
Enlightenment.


The Lila of Krishna and Radha.
Diversion between Kalpas.
Pop.
Bang.
Dance, Shiva, dance!
Two is greater than three?
Heresy!


Jesus wept.
The Apostles slept.
Short verse.
Terse.
Enough said.
"Ha! Ha! Look! Clay stealing clay!"


"Numberless as the sands of the sea."
"Work shall set you free."
Reductio ad absurdum.
"ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE."


Three is greater than two AND two is greater than three.
Aufgehoben!
Hegel and Nagarjuna deserve honorable mention.
Marx stood Hegel on his head!
"You will eat dust all the days of your life",
He said.


Three is Three.
Two is Two.
Go drink Tea.
Jai Bodidharma!


School is a life which offers credits.
Life is a school which offers debits.
Karmic balance sheet.


These are points of view.
I bid thee a fond adieu.


"There will be a pop Quiz on Tuesday."
Multiple choice.
A cinch for the polymathic.


The Final is a koan:
"Moo!"


- Sitaram
 
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