after the birth of a divine

form
from
a
condensed
sound
 
droplet
 
descendent
from
creation’s
willed
word
 
placenta
of
holy
name
 
buried under the umbrella
of the gnosis tree
 
in the near at hand land
far away in our lost identity
 
we hold in one hand
the manifestation
 
the other
the unmanifested
 
thus
both
 
&
 
not
both
 
&
 
not
not
 
both
 
in
an
unraveling
of
 
pre
tz
eled
m((in))d
puzzles
 
point
 
of
meaning
unmeaning
neither
either
neither
meaning
 
explodes
in
mind’s
implosion
 
endless
light
 
how
to
draw
in
the
sky
 
how
to
draw
in
the
emptiness
 
full
of
the
one’s
hymn
ings
 
born
of
 
om
!
kun!
كن
 
amen
אָמֵן 
/
ամեն
 
s/he
shakti shiva
mother father
prakriti purusha
 
their love child the universe
afloat in the limits of infinity
 
either
wakes
 
all
disappear
 
while in embrace both available
in kicked up dust
 
& the scurrying lizard feet
kicking up dust in the garden
 
prakriti purusha
mother father
shakti shiva
s/he
 
however not tasted
nor eared from truth tasters
 
what worth words spilled
by clergy philosophers or poets
 
other than unknowingly(?)
as ambassadors of maya
 
feed the mirage
as an imager
 
as if the alpha peacock
eating tossed seeds in our yard
 
sees true with
thousand tail feathered eyes
 
given
the wrong name
at
birth
 
we remain lost
in mistaken identity
 
no wonder we wander
in wonder of who we are
 
part of the one
 
there is no void
 
if attributes
 
paying tribute
 
to matter’s solid illusion
 
maya’s sticky backhanded gift of duality
 
my aa
 
merge
aa
rotate
sideways
 
alif
 
silhouette
of
one
 
the slip
of
light
 
to
slip
through
 
fall
by
flight
 
fly
by
falling
 
onto the ineffable hand cushioned landing
 
the
sound
 
its
clap/
ping
 
an
 
om 
!
kun!
كن
 
amen
אָמֵן 
/
ամեն
 
echo
 
ringing
 
in
 
itself
 
a s/he
sciences a mantra hum
 
sailing a selected rung
luminous
essence
echo
 
hummed by an impoverished ego
as all sadgurus before have
 
paused for a taste of fruit
readied at the gnosis tree
 
to harvest for strength
by humble hand for union
 
with
a
sound
drop
 
born
form
from
 
!
كن
אָמֵן 
/
ամեն

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Karl Kempton

Karl Kempton (https://www.karlkempton.net/) lives with his beloved wife, Ruth, in Oceano, California. His works are widely published nationally and internationally in anthologies and in over 60 titles including selected lexical & visual mathematical poetry 1976-2022 by Cold River Press. Awarded the Environmental Stewardship Award, 2024, by The Northern Chumash Tribal Council for his “advocacy for the Oceano Dunes and the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary … as an esteemed colleague and supporter for the environment.” Forthcoming from Sandy Press: Outriders: Visual Text Art in the Untitled States, 1900 to 1973.