Even those who live for poetry,
Pay their bills prosaically.
"Not for the paltry cash,
But for the casual poetry,"
Whispers every loser.
--Eva Komings
----- Original Message -----
From: "E. Shaun Russell" <e_shaun@uniserve.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 3:32 PM
Subject: POEM: "The Breakthrough"
> The Breakthrough
>
>
> It begins with a concept;
> A thought, a passion...
> Something potential, but never quite real--
> A seed within a seed.
>
> It strokes the subconscious and pleads with the conscious
> To let it be free.
>
> When realized, it reaps the mind of endless resources,
> In its quest to become corporeal;
> Only then does it awaken the sense of life within you,
> And cause your mind to bear witness to possibility.
>
> You work together, day and night,
> To give it life, ambition and soul;
> To bring it present and future, beauty and fate,
> And to make its meaning whole.
>
> And one day you see it, naked, kinetic and true,
> Anointed with the lifeblood of confidence;
> You make it your duty to show the world the beauty
> Of its purity: the Breakthrough.
>
>
> By: E. Shaun Russell
>
>
>
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