sweetbitter unmanageable creature who steals in

So many have said it their way

>The unspoken they speak so smart

>We can come easy or can come hard

>Walk the razor’s edge or go a la carte.

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>We can thread the eye of the needle just right

>Chant the sounds and hold our breath real tight.

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>We can read get on our knees

>Still scared at the end of the day

>kNOWn eludes our creature-ego at play

>Diverting our attention the wrong way.

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>Sages all Ages say nowhere to look your SELF is for you to keep

>Like the deer chasing its own musk IT is hidden navel deep.

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>They further say there is only one way it starts bitter yet ends so sweet

>Make ego SELF’s friend and always beware of the

>Sweetbitter unmanageable creature who steals in!

 

>Inspired by Sappho fragment #130 ‘sweetbitter unmanageable creature who steals in”

Fragments of Sappho, trans. Anne Carson, Knopf, 2002.)