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The Eternal Return
for Nietzsche
Here I stand on the path
And its return
By the gate - a grave
With epitaph
He Wept for an Ass
Here I stand on the path
That snakes
Trod down in sage grasses
Condemned
To do it again
- COMMENTS
WillowedCabinalmost 13 years agoIn the spirit of this,
Bravo.
WilliamButlerYeatsabout 13 years agoover the loss of his ass. It was a touching moment. Ecce Homo et al. Good writing.
buttersabout 13 years agothe symbol of infinity, or at least that's what i picture. a path that leads back to its own beginning, like the dragon swallowing its tail.
the gateway - this has me wondering... gateway to knowledge? to other existences? why do i see the symbol of pi as the gateway? i don't know enough about the historical/mythological to make clear connections, but i think i have read enough from you to understand all things are connected and not merely random. i just wish i were better informed as to the connections. perhaps you could elaborate, if you have time, over in the TKTRTC thread.
i am sure the epitaph 'He wept for an Ass' has connotations i don't understand, but as of now i read it with a duality: a soft-hearted man who could weep tears for something considered a beast of burden (etgo: something less than himself)/he wept for the mistakes he'd made and was doomed to make again...
your deliberate duality of the snakes/trod down lines reads to me more about a snaking path that the narrator travels, and it is the N who is 'trod down' by 'wisdom' after the event - perhaps the proffered wisdom of others, as plentiful as grasses...
nice use of sound throughout to bind the imagery.
Maria2394about 13 years agowhat Annie said. As I am too ignorant to come up with a comment of my own. Besides, hers was plenty good enough to steal.
~ maria
