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Civilization (Free verse) by ifni There is a nowhere place
half-way inbetween us
built by words
and the
assumptions
that give birth to them.
Our mask-selves dance there,
bow, then turn
smile, and turn again;
negotiating the little slips,
the minor stumbles
that twitch aside our
true-self veils
glimpsing each other
in our proxies' mistakes.
When did we learn
our civilization exists
only in our ability to lie?
10.6.01
JV
Up the ladder:
Voluntary Gender Homocide
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A Hard Lesson Learned
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Posted: March 16, 2002 1:17 AM PST; Last modified: March 16, 2002 1:17 AM PSTWeighted score: 4.4707923 Overall Rank: 12856 Comments:
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nentwined @ 66.92.183.34
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12-May-02/8:27 PM
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I've heard a theory that consciousness arises out of the ability to lie. :)
Who is "us"? So, is the nowhere place civilization or just the place "us" goes to become someone else? Hey, like the Internet. Is that the nowhere place for the nowhere man living in the nowhere land?
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