Tag: cabinet
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Return
It wasn’t until I was on the train home that the ideas were clarified. The feelings that had been touched upon were given words and sorted into their right locations again. I knew the transition had occurred and that life would never be the same again, and that somehow the purpose of discovery had opened…
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The Assembly
Seated at the table, I quickly took notes as to who these characters might be, wondering what objects they might be stewards of. I had heard tell of others, earlier appointees who declined the invitation to the table, the whole cosmic undertaking being too much for them. Even if some of us could have been…
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Glynis Returns
Glynis Nesta, whose story is told in the forest tales, has warned me to watch out for “spiritual ’splaining.” Ever since we met during Attars, I have been asking her what is the way, how to proceed, and how to develop this process. She has not ever answered in words. There is no “spiritual splaining”…
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The Resolution
It wasn’t long before I saw the need to begin to resolve all the disparate parts into one whole. All had been broken, torn apart, scattered, lost. Fragments here and there showed from time to time, glimmering in the mud, in the buried stones and parts that were never easily visible at first glance. The…
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Deployed
It was a tough beginning, rocky and disruptive. Having received the message that it was time to set out, I was surprised by my own reluctance. Events and attitudes I had not ever considered swirled before me as priorities. Obvious ploys to take me away from the work I had trained and signed up for.…
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White Worms
I was told by a voice not to touch it, but I did. I opened the little box of lies. Someone left it on my doorstep, rang the bell and ran away. I knew it was children with the pointed teeth. I knew it was a dangerous box. But curiosity made me pick it up.…
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The Face
Some said my account should be completely in poetry, others wanted to follow the tale of the three men in green suits. One suggested mathematics or scientific method. Each had their own opinion and as I swayed toward one, lead to another, I found I returned always to this prose narrative. Of course the wunderkabinett…
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The Fan
I’d been busy, writing the documents that were part of my account, when the buzzer sounded. I wasn’t expecting anyone. Looking down, I saw three strangers – well-dressed men in green business suits. One carried a briefcase. I don’t remember if they were wearing hats, but I do recall they seemed very formal. As I…
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Radio
When it arrived, the cabinet looked empty. It was up to me to go about filling it for myself. There were no rules about what was to be placed in wha position or on what shelf. Visible through glass doors or hidden in the drawer or lower cupboard? It was all up to me and…
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By Heart
Okay, I think I understand this. I’m not to meddle in that cold way. It won’t lead anywhere, jut take me far from this quest, lost in a frightening forest without anywhere to land. No friend in sight, no hand of welcome. No arching protective field of being. This cold college, the maelstrom of cool,…