Blind Man's Bluff

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. - Thoreau

yesterday masquerades as today

curses pretend to kneel and pray

succombing only to time

is the great move up or down

the iceman comes with trembling fingers

eternity is now as this dead moment lingers

flesh is born with expectations of infinity

eden is thought to be in the vicinity

silent, parched lips attempt to utter its trinity

growing ever weary of asking why

arguing with the sky

i try

i try

but these bluffs

these bluffs

are eight miles high

red rover

red rover

send my soul on over

lift me up and set me down

'pon the white cliffs of dover

Author's Note

"Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it." - Thoreau